Commonwealth v. Durn

Full title: COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellant v. PATRICK JAMES DURN, Appellee

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District

Date published: Jun 21, 2004

851 A.2d 852 (Pa. 2004)

851 A.2d 852

Opinion

[J-257-2003].

Submitted: November 10, 2003.

Decided: June 21, 2004.

Appeal Nos. 138 139 MAP 2002 from the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County, Criminal Division, entered on 8/30/02 at Nos. 1732-2001 and 1738-2001, Lawrence F. Stengel, J.

Donald R. Totaro, Esq., Janna Rae Steinruck, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Edward L. Crow, Esq., York, for Patrick James Durn.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR and BAER, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 21st day of June, 2004, the order of the Lancaster 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).

Justice EAKIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.