Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Nicholas COIA, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2013-08-28
Citations: 621 Pa. 112
Docket Number: No. 35 EAL 2010
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Nicholas COIA, Petitioner.
Judges: Justice McCAFFERY did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 621
Pages: 112–113

Head Matter:
74 A.3d 117
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Nicholas COIA, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Aug. 28, 2013.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 28th day of August, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO Petitioner's constitutional sentencing claim. Further, the Superior Court's decision affirming the imposition of a sentence of mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is VACATED, and the matter is REMANDED to the Superi- or Court to remand to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas for a new sentencing hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Batts, 620 Pa. 115, 66 A.3d 286 (2013).
Jurisdiction relinquished.
Justice McCAFFERY did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.