Commonwealth v. Canady

Full title: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. James CANADY, Petitioner.

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Date published: Jul 9, 2013

71 A.3d 248 (Pa. 2013)

Opinion

2013-07-9

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. James CANADY, Petitioner.

PER CURIAM.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal, No. 257 EAL 2011, from the Unpublished Memorandum and Order of the Superior Court at No. 1192 EDA 2009, filed March 28, 2011, affirming the Judgment of Sentence of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas at No. CP–51–CR–0015102–2007, filed March 31, 2009.

Prior report: ––– Pa. ––––, 66 A.3d 286.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 9th day of July 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED to the following issue:

Whether petitioner's mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a seventeen year old is unconstitutional under both the United States and Pennsylvania constitutions?