Commonwealth v. Salter
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
JOHNSON, J.:
¶ 1 Michael Salter appeals the judgment of sentence imposed following his conviction for failure to verify his residence with the Pennsylvania State Police as required by the verification provision of Megan’s Law, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9796. Salter asserts that the Commonwealth did not introduce sufficient evidence to demonstrate that he actually received the notice as required to sustain his conviction, and that the trial court erred in applying the “mailbox rule” to extrapolate receipt from evidence that the notice was sent. We conclude that the trial court’s reliance on the…
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