Com. v. Thorne

Full title: COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellant v. HARRY VANANUAL THORNE, Appellee

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District

Date published: Mar 23, 2004

845 A.2d 771 (Pa. 2004)

845 A.2d 771

Opinion

[J-187-2003].

Submitted: October 7, 2003.

Decided: March 23, 2004.

No. 113 MAP 2001, Appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County dated 6/22/01 at No. 00-11, 704 granting the petition for relief challenging the constitutionality of the Registration of Sexual Offenders Act.

Kenneth A. Osokow, for Com. of Pennsylvania.

James Robert Protasio, for Harry Vananual Thorne.

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 23rd day of March, 2004, the order of the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas is reversed insofar as it declared the Registration of Sexual Offenders Act unconstitutional, and the case is remanded for further proceedings. See Commonwealth v. Williams, 574 Pa. 487, 832 A.2d 962 (2003); Commonwealth v. Maldonado, 576 Pa. 101, 838 A.2d 710 (2003).