Commonwealth v. Wilgus

OPINION BY

CLELAND, J.:

¶ 1 We are called on to decide whether the Legislature, in requiring a Megan’s Law offender to register his “residence,” included within the requirement the circumstances of this case in which the defendant is a homeless and transient person.

¶ 2 The defendant William Howard Wil-gus (Wilgus) was released from prison and, after being turned away from various housing programs, lived on the streets of downtown Harrisburg for 30 days before being arrested for not registering his “residence” as required by Megan’s Law. He was convicted in a non-jury trial, but the trial judge…