Opinion · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Machicote, A., Pet
186 A.3d 370
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Date
- 2018-05-22
- Topic
- general
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 4 WAL 2018 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : ANTHONY MACHICOTE, : : Petitioner : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 22nd day of May, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is: Whether, in order to comply with Miller and its progeny, a court sentencing a juvenile defendant for a crime for which life without parole is an available sentence must review and consider on the record the Miller factors adopted by this Court in Batts I, regardless whether the defendant is ultimately sentenced to life without parole.
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AND NOW, this 22 nd day of May, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
Whether, in order to comply with Miller and its progeny, a court sentencing a juvenile defendant for a crime for which life without parole is an available sentence must review and consider on the record the Miller factors adopted by this Court in Batts I, regardless whether the defendant is ultimately sentenced to life without parole.