Commonwealth v. Woodruff

NEALON, J.,

Defendant, who was sentenced for indecent assault of a twelve-year old girl in 2004 and required to register and report as a sexual offender for a period of ten years under the then-existing version of Megan’s Law, has challenged the retroactive application of the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9799.10-9799.41, which became effective on December 20, 2012, and now imposes a lifetime obligation upon defendant to report in-person at an approved registration site four *97times per year, in addition to ad hoc appearances to update information as…