COM. v. BATTS


66 A.3d 286 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Qu`Eed BATTS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Steven Bridge , Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Sara E. Jacobson , Temple University Law School, Philip D. Lauer , Easton, Marsha Levick , Juvenile Law Center, for Qu'Eed Batts.

Karl Baker , Ellen T. Greenlee , Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Defender Association of Philadelphia.

Jessica Rachel Feierman , Emily Calm Keller , Juvenile Law Center, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Juvenile Law Center.

Terence Patrick Houck , Kelly Ann Lewis Fallenstein , John Michael Moranelli , Northampton County District Attorney's Office, Doylestown, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Hugh J. Burns Jr. , Ronald Eisenberg , Philadelphia, Edward Michael Marsico Jr. , Harrisburg, Edward F. McCann Jr. , Philadelphia, Philadelphia District Attorneys Office, Shawn C. Wagner , Adams County District Attorney's Office, Gettysburg, R. Seth Williams , Philadelphia, for Appellee Amicus Curiae, Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This case concerns the appropriate remedy, on direct appeal, for the constitutional violation occurring when a mandatory life-without-parole sentence has been imposed on a defendant convicted of first-degree murder, who was under the age of eighteen at the time of his offense.

On February 7, 2006, Appellant, then fourteen years old, walked up the front porch steps of a...

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