Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Steven JONES, Jr., Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2016-02-12
Citations: 635 Pa. 74
Docket Number: No. 947 MAL 2015
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Steven JONES, Jr., Petitioner.
Judges: Justice EAKIN and DONOHUE did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 635
Pages: 74–75

Head Matter:
131 A.3d 487
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Steven JONES, Jr., Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Feb. 12, 2016.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 12th day of February, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED on 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, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012). As a result of the recent holding by that Court that Miller must be applied retroactively by the States, see Montgomery v. Louisiana, - U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 718, 193 L.Ed.2d 599 (2016), the Superior Court's order is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with Montgomery.
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. See 42 Pa.C.S. § 9545(b)(1)(iii).
Justice EAKIN and DONOHUE did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.