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Commonwealth v. Salazar

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Oct 5, 2022
474 EAL 2021 (Pa. Oct. 5, 2022)

Opinion

474 EAL 2021 475 EAL 2021 476 EAL 2021

10-05-2022

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. REYES A. SALAZAR, Petitioner COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. REYES A. SALAZAR, Petitioner COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. REYES A. SALAZAR, Petitioner


Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Unpublished Memorandum and Order of the Superior Court at No. 735 EDA 2020 entered on October 1, 2021, affirming the Judgment of Sentence of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas at No. CP-51-CR-0009313-2017 entered on January 10, 2020

Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Unpublished Memorandum and Order of the Superior Court at No. 736 EDA 2020 entered on October 1, 2021, affirming the Judgment of Sentence of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas at No. CP-51-CR-0010630-2017 entered on January 10, 2020

Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Unpublished Memorandum and Order of the Superior Court at No. 737 EDA 2020 entered on October 1, 2021, affirming the Judgment of Sentence of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas at No. CP-51-CR-0010631-2017 entered on January 10, 2020

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 5th day of October, 2022, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, limited to the following issue:

Should this Court rule consistently with its precedent and remand this matter so that [Petitioner] may litigate a constitutional challenge to his SORNA registration?

The decision of the Superior Court is VACATED IN PART, limited to its finding that Petitioner's constitutional challenges to SORNA were waived pursuant to Commonwealth v. Reslink, 257 A.3d 21 (Pa. Super. 2020). We REMAND for the Superior Court to apply Commonwealth v. Thorne, __A.3d__, 2022 WL 2231821 (Pa. 2022). Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issues.


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Salazar

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Oct 5, 2022
474 EAL 2021 (Pa. Oct. 5, 2022)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Salazar

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. REYES A. SALAZAR, Petitioner…

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Oct 5, 2022

Citations

474 EAL 2021 (Pa. Oct. 5, 2022)

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