Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Quéed BATTS, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2009-09-17
Citations: 603 Pa. 65
Docket Number: No. 318 MAL 2009
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Quéed BATTS, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 603
Pages: 65–65

Head Matter:
981 A.2d 1283
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Quéed BATTS, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Sept. 17, 2009.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 17th day of September 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue[s] set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
(1) Is sentencing a 14-year-old offender to die in prison unconstitutional in light of Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551, 125 S.Ct. 1183, 161 L.Ed.2d 1 (2005)?
(2) Does the mandatory nature of the sentence in this case violate [petitioner's] rights under the 8th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution?
This Limited Grant is also RESERVED pending disposition of Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida, — U.S. —, 129 S.Ct. 2157, 173 L.Ed.2d 1155 (2009).