Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Tyrone JONES, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2016-04-18
Citations: 135 A.3d 175
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Tyrone JONES, Petitioner.
Judges: Justice EAKIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 135
Pages: 175–175

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Tyrone JONES, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
April 18, 2016.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER curiam;.
AND NOW, this 18th day of April, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED limited to the issue of whether Petitioner's sentence violates the prohibition against mandatory life sentences for juvenile offenders announced by the Supreme Court of the United States in Miller v. Alabama, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012). As a result of the recent holding that Miller must be applied retroactively by the States, Montgomery v. Louisiana, — U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 718, 193 L.Ed.2d 599 (2016), the Superior Court's order is VACATED IN PART. The case is REMANDED to the Court of Common Pleas for further proceedings consistent with Montgomery. Allowance of appeal is DENIED in all other respects.
To the extent necessary, leave'is to be granted to amend the post-conviction petition to assert the jurisdictional provision of the Post Conviction Relief Act extending to the recognition of constitutional rights by the Supreme Court of the -United States which it deems to be retroactive. 42 Pa.C.S. § 9545(b)(1)(iii).
Justice EAKIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.