COMMONWEALTH v. TORSILIERI

No. 37 MAP 2018.

232 A.3d 567 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. George J. TORSILIERI, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: June 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence Jon Barna, Esq. , Niles Benn, Esq. , Benn Law Firm, York, Richard Ethan Coe, Esq. , Khadija Tamu Diggs, Esq. , Department of Corrections, Pittsburgh, Suzanne V. Estrella, Esq. , Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, Tallahassee, FL, John Jacob Hare, Esq. , Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, PC, Jason A. Leckerman, Esq. , Ballard Spahr LL, Philadelphia, for Amici Curiae.

Nicholas J. Casenta Jr., Esq. , Chester County District Attorney's Office, Thomas P. Hogan Jr., Esq. , West Chester, Gerald P. Morano, Esq. , Cynthia B. Morgan, Esq. , Thomas Ost-Prisco, Esq. , Chester County District Attorney's Office, for Appellant.

John Bartley Delone, Esq. , Sean Andrew Kirkpatrick, Esq. , Joshua D. Shapiro, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, Harrisburg, for Intervenor Appellant.

Vincent P. DiFabio, Esq. , Platt, DiGiorgio & DiFabio, Paoli, Aaron Joshua Marcus, Esq., Emily Lynne Mirsky, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, Marni Jo Snyder, Esq. , Law Offices of M.J. Snyder, LLC, Philadelphia, for Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

The Chester County Court of Common Pleas declared Subchapter H of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA"), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.10-9799.42, unconstitutional as violative of several provisions of both the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions. Accordingly, this Court...

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