Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Edward BATZIG, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2013-09-11
Citations: 74 A.3d 1026
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Edward BATZIG, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 74
Pages: 1026–1027

Head Matter:
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, — Pa. -, 66 A.3d 286 (2013).
Jurisdiction relinquished.