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Steinman v. Blocker

SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT
Mar 25, 2021
247 A.3d 1018 (Pa. 2021)

Opinion

No. 1 EAP 2020

03-25-2021

Seth H. STEINMAN, Appellee v. Tyree C. BLOCKER, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant

Caleb Curtis Enerson, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, Law Enforcement, Pennsylvania, Sean Andrew Kirkpatrick, Karen Mascio Romano, Joshua D. Shapiro, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Keli Marie Neary, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Tax Litigation Section, Joanna N. Reynolds, Pennsylvania State Police, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellant. Jeffrey Bryant Engle, Shaffer & Engle Law Offices, LLC, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellee.


Caleb Curtis Enerson, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, Law Enforcement, Pennsylvania, Sean Andrew Kirkpatrick, Karen Mascio Romano, Joshua D. Shapiro, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Keli Marie Neary, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Tax Litigation Section, Joanna N. Reynolds, Pennsylvania State Police, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellant.

Jeffrey Bryant Engle, Shaffer & Engle Law Offices, LLC, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellee.

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 25th day of March, 2021, the order of the Commonwealth Court is REVERSED . See Commonwealth v. Lacombe , ––– Pa. ––––, 234 A.3d 602 (2020) (holding Subchapter I of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9799.51 - 9799.75, does not constitute criminal punishment and therefore does not violate constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws). See also Commonwealth v. Butler , ––– Pa. ––––, 226 A.3d 972, 993 (2020) (court on remand to consider remaining claims not addressed).


Summaries of

Steinman v. Blocker

SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT
Mar 25, 2021
247 A.3d 1018 (Pa. 2021)
Case details for

Steinman v. Blocker

Case Details

Full title:SETH H. STEINMAN, Appellee v. TYREE C. BLOCKER, COMMISSIONER OF THE…

Court:SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT

Date published: Mar 25, 2021

Citations

247 A.3d 1018 (Pa. 2021)

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