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COM. v. WILLIAMS

557 Pa. 285 (1999)

733 A.2d 593

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Donald Francis WILLIAMS, Appellee. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Donald Francis Williams, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Conti, Elvage G. Murphy, Marshall J. Piccinini, Erie, for Commonwealth.

Andrea F. McKenna, Intervenor Commonwealth.

Joseph Burt, Keith Clelland, Erie, for Donald Williams.

Kari Baker, for Defender Assoc. of Philadelphia.

Stefan Presser, American Civil Liberties Union.

Gary Neil Asteak, Public Defender Assoc. of PA, Amicus Curiae.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This matter is before us on direct appeal from the order of the Erie County Common Pleas Court dated September 23, 1997, granting Donald Francis Williams' motion for extraordinary relief, which challenged the constitutionality of the sexually violent predator provisions of Title 42, Sections 9791-9799.6, Subchapter H, entitled, Registration of Sexual Offenders, 42 Pa.C.S. &...

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