Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Mullins

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County

Decided February 14, 2005No. 2003-04098PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDBERG, J.,

This opinion is written pursuant to Thomas Mullins’ (petitioner) post-sentence motion challenging the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Registration of Sexual Offender’s Act, commonly known as Megan’s Law II. The primary issues presented by petitioner are whether: (1) the absence of judicial review for the lifetime reporting, notification and counseling provisions of the Act render Megan’s Law

11 unconstitutionally excessive and (2) whether Megan’s Law II is unconstitutionally vague.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Petitioner was originally charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  3. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  4. Commonwealth v. CottoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Commonwealth v. HoweSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. LeddingtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006

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