Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Kopicz

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 19, 2003PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMontemuro, J.

¶ 1 In these consolidated direct appeals, Appellant Robert Kopicz challenges the constitutionality of the Registration of Sexual Offender’s Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9791 et seq., commonly known as Megan’s Law II. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

¶2 In the summer of 2001, Detective Thomas Yeich of the Berks County District Attorney’s Office filed five criminal complaints against Appellant charging him with the sexual molestation of five minors. The cases were consolidated for a plea hearing held on November 9, 2001, during *345which Appellant entered open guilty pleas to three counts of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Smith v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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3Cited by26 opinions

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