COM. v. KNOX

No. 801 WDA 2009

50 A.3d 732 (2012)

2012 PA Super 147

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Devon KNOX, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 16, 2012.

Reargument Denied September 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Murray , Public Defender and Suzanne M. Swan , Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Michael W. Streily , Deputy District Attorney and Francesco L. Nepa , Assistant District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Bradley S. Bridge , Public Defender, Philadelphia, amicus curiae.

BEFORE: BOWES, DONOHUE and SHOGAN, JJ.


OPINION BY SHOGAN, J.:

Appellant, Devon Knox, appeals from the judgment of sentence of mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole entered following his convictions of second-degree murder, attempted robbery of a motor vehicle, and related crimes. Appellant and his co-defendant, his identical twin brother Jovon Knox, were seventeen years old at the time of the crimes.1 Appellant challenges, inter alia, the constitutionality...

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