Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Ricardo CRUZ, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2014-01-16
Citations: 623 Pa. 561
Docket Number: No. 617 MAL 2012
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Ricardo CRUZ, Respondent.
Judges: Justice EAKIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 623
Pages: 561–562

Head Matter:
83 A.3d 411
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Ricardo CRUZ, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Jan. 16, 2014.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 16th day of January 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The order of the Superi- or Court is REVERSED pursuant to Commonwealth v. Cunningham, 622 Pa. 543, 81 A.3d 1, 2013 WL 5814388 (2013), (holding that the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on sentencing schemes that impose a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for juveniles in Miller v. Alabama, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012) does not apply retroactively).
Justice EAKIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.