Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Dorian PETERSON, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2013-05-30
Citations: 620 Pa. 341
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 152 WAL 2012
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Dorian PETERSON, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 620
Pages: 341–341

Head Matter:
67 A.3d 789
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Dorian PETERSON, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
May 30, 2013.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 30th day of May 2013, the Supplemental Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the Petitioner's sentencing claim. Further, Superior Court's decision affirming the mandatory sentence of life without the possibility of parole is VACATED, and that the matter is REMANDED to the trial court for a new sentencing hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Batts, 620 Pa. 115, 66 A.3d 286, 2013 WL 1200252 (2013) to allow the trial court to consider the relevant factors as delineated in Miller v. Alabama, -U.S.-, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012).