Commonwealth v. Gallagher

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY*.

The question presented in this appeal is whether the offense of luring a child, 18 Pa.C.S. § 2910, is a strict liability crime *264with regard to the age of the victim. The Superior Court concluded that § 2910 was not a strict liability crime with regard to the age of the victim and that the Commonwealth had to prove that Appellee Terrence Gallagher acted knowingly, recklessly, or negligently under 18 Pa.C.S. § 302 with regard to the victim’s age. Commonwealth v. Gallagher, 874 A.2d 49, 50 (Pa.Super.2005). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the order of the…