Commonwealth v. Plucinski
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
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…
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