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Commonwealth v. Rosa

SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT
May 30, 2013
No. 416 EAL 2009 (Pa. May. 30, 2013)

Opinion

No. 416 EAL 2009

05-30-2013

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. FELIX ROSA, Petitioner


Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the

Unpublished Memorandum and Order of

the Superior Court at No. 2420 EDA 2007

(Lally-Green, Bender, Hudock, Fitzgerald,

JJ.), filed June 22, 2009, affirming the

Judgment of Sentence of the Philadelphia

County Court of Common Pleas at No.

CP-51-CR-0602341-2006 (Minehart, J.),

filed August 17, 2007


ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 30th day of May 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO Petitioner's sentencing claim. Further, the Superior Court's decision affirming the imposition of a sentence of mandatory life without the possibility of parole is VACATED and the matter is REMANDED to the trial court for a new sentencing hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Batts, __________A.3d__________, 2013 WL 1200252 (Pa. Mar. 26, 2013), to allow the trial court to consider the relevant factors delineated in Miller v. Alabama, 132 S.Ct. 2455 (2012).


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Rosa

SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT
May 30, 2013
No. 416 EAL 2009 (Pa. May. 30, 2013)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Rosa

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. FELIX ROSA, Petitioner

Court:SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT

Date published: May 30, 2013

Citations

No. 416 EAL 2009 (Pa. May. 30, 2013)