[J-4-2017]
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 10 WAP 2016
:
: Appeal from the Order of the Superior
Appellee : Court entered 11/24/14 at No. 402 WDA
: 2014, affirming the order of the Court of
: Common Pleas of Clearfield County
: entered 2/12/14 at No. CP-17-CR-
v. : 0000894-2000
:
THOMAS M. REED, :
:
Appellant : ARGUED: March 7, 2017
CONCURRING STATEMENT
CHIEF JUSTICE SAYLOR DECIDED: August 22, 2017
Although I dissented in the controlling case, Commonwealth v. Muniz, ___ Pa.
___, ___, ____ A.3d ___, ___, 2017 WL 3173066 (July 19, 2017) (Opinion Announcing
the Judgment of the Court), I recognize that there was a majority consensus in that
decision to the effect that SORNA exacts punishment and retroactive application of the
enactment violates constitutional norms. Accordingly, while I have expressed my
disagreement with these propositions, see id. at ___, ___ A.3d at ___, 2017 WL
3173066, at *34-39 (Saylor, C.J., dissenting), I join the present per curiam order based
on the prevailing precedent.