IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 181 MAL 2015
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Respondent : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Superior Court
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v. :
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:
TAURUS KENYATA GILBERT, :
:
Petitioner :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 22nd day of April, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
1) Does the application of the Sex Offender Registration and
Notification Act (“SORNA”), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.10 et seq., to
[petitioner] violate [petitioner’s] procedural due process rights under
the Federal and Pennsylvania Constitutions, when [petitioner] was
no longer serving a criminal sentence at the time SORNA became
effective?
2) Does SORNA violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the Federal
Constitution when SORNA’s purpose or effect is so punitive that it
constitutes a retroactive increase in punishment when applied to
[petitioner]?
3) Does SORNA violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when SORNA’s
purpose or effect is so punitive that it constitutes a retroactive
increase in punishment when applied to [petitioner]?
The Prothonotary is directed to schedule briefing and argument in this matter
together with the following matters presenting related issues: Commonwealth v. Muniz,
684 MAL 2015 and Commonwealth v. Reed, 557 WAL 2014.
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