Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Maldonado
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 18, 2003No. 130 MAP 2001PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
In Commonwealth v. Williams, 574 Pa. 487, 832 A.2d 962 (2003) (“Williams II’’), this Court held that Megan’s Law’s registration, notification, and counseling provisions, as applied to individuals deemed sexually violent predators, do not constitute criminal punishment. The issue raised in the present appeal is whether the determination of sexually violent predator status must, nonetheless, be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
On July 2, 2001, Appellee Juan Maldonado entered pleas of nolo contendere to multiple counts of misdemeanor-one indecent assault, see 18 Pa.C.S. §…
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