First-Degree Murder • Juvenile Defendant • Mandatory Life Sentence without Parole • Brady Violation
Commonwealth v. Shabazz-Davis, PICS Case No. 17-0796(Pa. Super. May 8, 2017) Stevens, J. (17 pages).
Trial court appropriately exercised discretion to impose life sentence upon minor where it reviewed various factors, including defendant’s age, maturity, life circumstances, amenability to rehabilitation, and the crime itself to conclude that imposition of a life sentence was warranted. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
