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620 Pa. 341

67 A.3d 789

Commonwealth v. Peterson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 30, 2013

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2013-05-30

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently July 2013

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Relies on Miller v. Alabama · Commonwealth v. Batts

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Decided 2013-05-30

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¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2AND NOW, this 30th day of May 2013, the Supplemental Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the Petitioner’s sentencing claim. Further, Superior Court’s decision affirming the mandatory sentence of life without the possibility of parole is VACATED, and that the matter is REMANDED to the trial court for a new sentencing hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Batts, — *790Pa. -, 66 A.3d 286, 2013 WL 1200252 (2013) to allow the trial court to consider the relevant factors as delineated in Miller v. Alabama, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012).

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