Legal Opinion

In re S.A.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 17, 2007PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, S.A., appeals from the order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne County, which committed him to immediate inpatient involuntary treatment to a facility designated by the Department of Public Welfare. Herein, Appellant challenges on various grounds the Involuntary Treatment of Certain Sex*840ually Violent Persons Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6401-6409 (“Act 21”).1 We affirm.

¶ 2 By way of background, on December 15, 1999, Appellant, who was fourteen (14) years of age at the time, was adjudicated delinquent on two (2) counts of indecent assault by the Court of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Smith v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Busser v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In the Interest of S.T.S., Jr.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. In the Interest of A.C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  3. In Re D.M.WSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  4. In re D.M.W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  5. In Re ACSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010

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