Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Bracey, E.

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

The Commonwealth appeals from the order of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas granting appellee’s Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA)1 petition; the PCRA court determined appellee suffered from intellectual disability2 as defined in Commonwealth v. Miller, 585 Pa. 144, 888 A.2d 624 (2005), *77and vacated his death sentence pursuant to Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002), which held the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits the execution of individuals with intellectual disability. Id., at 321, 122 S.Ct. 2242. We…