COMMONWEALTH v. FELDER

No. 18 EAP 2018.

269 A.3d 1232 (2022)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Michael FELDER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: February 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl Baker, Esq. , Bradley Steven Bridge, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, Marsha Levick, Esq. , Juvenile Law Center, for Appellant.

Emily Patricia Daly, Esq. , Lawrence Jonathan Goode, Esq. , James Joseph Rathz, Esq. , Nancy L. Winkelman, Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Appellee.

Ronald Eisenberg, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, 16th Floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA, for Amicus Curiae Attorney General of Pennsylvania.

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY JJ.


OPINION

Over the past two decades, in a series of Eighth Amendment cases applying the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause,2 the United States Supreme Court consistently has held that sentencing an offender who was under eighteen years old...

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