IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 63 MAL 2015
:
Petitioner : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the
: Order of the Superior Court
:
v. :
:
:
MATTHEW BRYAN WOLFE, :
:
Respondent :
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 93 MAL 2015
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Respondent : Cross Petition for Allowance of Appeal
: from the Order of the Superior Court
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v. :
:
:
MATTHEW BRYAN WOLFE, :
:
Petitioner
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 12th day of August, 2015, the Commonwealth’s Petition for
Allowance of Appeal at 63 MAL 2015 is GRANTED. The issue, as set forth by the
Commonwealth, is as follows:
Whether the Superior Court of Pennsylvania’s sua sponte
determination that the ten year mandatory minimum
sentence for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse (Person
less than 16 years) imposed pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. §
9718(a)(1) is facially unconstitutional is erroneous as a
matter of law?
Furthermore, the matter is EXPEDITED and the Prothonotary is ORDERED to place the
matter on the November 2015 Argument List, and establish an appropriate briefing
schedule.
The defendant’s cross-petition for allowance of appeal at 93 MAL 2015 is HELD
pending the disposition of the Commonwealth’s appeal.