Commonwealth v. Butler
| Decision Date | 31 July 2018 |
| Docket Number | No. 47 WAL 2018,47 WAL 2018 |
| Citation | 190 A.3d 581 (Table) |
| Parties | COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Joseph Dean BUTLER, Respondent |
| Court | Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
ORDER
AND NOW, this 31st day of July, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is as follows:
Whether the Superior Court of Pennsylvania erred in vacating the trial court's Order finding [Respondent] to be [a Sexually Violent Predator ("SVP")] by extrapolating the decision in [Commonwealth v. Muniz, 640 Pa. 699, 164 A.3d 1189 (2017),] to declare SVP hearings and designations unconstitutional under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.24(e)(3).
The Prothonotary is directed to provide notice of this Order to the Attorney General, who is invited to participate as an amicus curiae.
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Commonwealth v. Thompson
... ... finding Defendant's evidentiary claim to be meritless, ... but deeming his SVP designation, resulting in lifetime ... registration, to be illegal pursuant to Commonwealth v ... Muniz , 164 A.3d 1189 (Pa. 2017) and Commonwealth v ... Butler ... 173 A.3d 1212 (Pa. Super. 2017) ("Butler ... I"), appeal granted ... 190 A.3d 581 (Pa. 2018) ... On August 12, 2019, the Superior Court vacated ... Defendant's judgment of sentence inasmuch as it ... designated him an SVP, and remanded the matter to this Court ... to ... ...