Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Plucinski

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 28, 2005PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

. OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Walter Plucinski, appeals from his judgment of sentence and asks us to determine whether the court erred in classifying him as a sexually violent predator (“SVP”). Specifically, Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to establish the statutory elements necessary to his SVP classification; namely, that he suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder making him likely to engage in predatory violent sexual offenses. After careful review, we hold the evidence was insufficient to support Appellant’s SVP classification. Accordingly…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. Commonwealth v. MaldonadoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  3. Rohm & Haas Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  4. Commonwealth v. HaughwoutSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. KrouseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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3Cited by16 opinions

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