Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Tajjideen M M. WHITAKER, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2013-08-28
Citations: 621 Pa. 113
Docket Number: No. 588 EAL 2011
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Tajjideen M M. WHITAKER, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 621
Pages: 113–114

Head Matter:
74 A.3d 117
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Tajjideen M M. WHITAKER, 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 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 Superior 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.