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603 Pa. 65

981 A.2d 1283

Commonwealth v. Batts

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 17, 2009

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2009-09-17

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently July 2012

4 state decisions

Relies on Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons

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Decided 2009-09-17

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¶1 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2 AND NOW, this 17th day of September 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue[s] set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:

(1) Is sentencing a 14-year-old offender to die in prison unconstitutional in light of Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551, 125 S.Ct. 1183, 161 L.Ed.2d 1 (2005)?
(2) Does the mandatory nature of the sentence in this case violate [petitioner’s] rights under the 8th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution?

¶3 This Limited Grant is also RESERVED pending disposition of Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida, — U.S. —, 129 S.Ct. 2157, 173 L.Ed.2d 1155 (2009).

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