Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Edward BATZIG, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2013-09-11
Citations: 621 Pa. 130
Docket Number: No. 131 EAL 2010
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Edward BATZIG, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 621
Pages: 130–131

Head Matter:
74 A.3d 1026
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Edward BATZIG, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Sept. 11, 2013.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 11th day of September, 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.