Commonwealth v. Batts

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BY

FITZGERALD, J.:

The Majority Opinion thoroughly summarizes the factual and procedural history of the instant appeal, as well as the legal *47framework established by Miller and the prior Pennsylvania Supreme. Court decision in this matter.1 Majority Op. at 35-41. I concur that Miller must be applied narrowly as.a rejection of the mandatory imposition of a juvenile life-without-parole sentence. See id. at 38-39 (discussing Batts II, 66 A.3d at 295-96). I also agree the current law does not support Appellant’s suggestion that we import the standards and…