IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 47 WAL 2018
:
Petitioner :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Superior Court
v. :
:
:
JOSEPH DEAN BUTLER, :
:
Respondent :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 31st day of July, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is as follows:
Whether the Superior Court of Pennsylvania erred in vacating
the trial court’s Order finding [Respondent] to be [a Sexually
Violent Predator (“SVP”)] by extrapolating the decision in
[Commonwealth v. Muniz, 164 A.3d 1189 (Pa. 2017),] to
declare SVP hearings and designations unconstitutional
under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.24(e)(3).
The Prothonotary is directed to provide notice of this Order to the Attorney General,
who is invited to participate as an amicus curiae.