Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Batts

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 4, 2015No. 1764 EDA 2014PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

MUNDY, J.:

Appellant, Qu’eed Batts, appeals from the May 2, 2014 aggregate judgment of sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, which was reimposed after our Supreme Court vacated the decision of a prior panel of this Court and remanded to the trial court for resentenc-ing. After careful review, we affirm.

We summarize the relevant facts and procedural history as follows. A jury found Appellant guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated assault.1 These convictions arose from a February 7, 2006 gang-related shooting. On that day, Appellant,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  5. Commonwealth v. ZirkleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Batts, Q., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  2. Commonwealth v. HicksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  3. Commonwealth v. Shabazz-DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Com. v. Canady, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  5. Com. v. Dittman, B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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