Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Derhammer, J., Aplt.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 22, 2017No. 121 MAP 2016PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIEF JUSTICE SAYLOR
The issue raised in this discretionary appeal is 'whether the Commonwealth may punish an individual for conduct which was made a crime by an amended statute where the original version of the statute has been declared unconstitutional in its entirety.
In 1995, Appellant pled guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse (“IDSI”), see 18 Pa.C.S. § 3123, and was sentenced to five-to-ten years’ incarceration. Pursuant to Megan’s Law, he was required, upon release from prison, to register his address with the Pennsylvania State Police (the “state police”). He was also…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Ex Parte SieboldSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Commonwealth v. Muniz, J., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Bell v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GrecoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
- Commonwealth v. FernandezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- Konyk v. Pa. State Police of the Com. of Pa.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- In Re Fortieth Statewide Investigating Grand JurySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- Com. v. Zeno, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
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