First-Degree Murder • Juvenile Defendant • Life Without Possibility of Parole • Legality of Sentence

Commonwealth v. Batts, PICS Case No. 17-1134 (Pa. June 26, 2017) Donohue, J.; Baer, J., concurring and dissenting. (90 pages).

The commonwealth was required to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a juvenile offender was incapable of rehabilitation for a sentencing court to impose a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Judgment of sentence reversed, case remanded for resentencing.

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