Case Title: Commonwealth v. Salazar, R. (summary disposition)

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Docket Number: 474 EAL 2021

State: pennsylvania

Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Date: 2022-10-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. REYES A. SALAZAR, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 474 EAL 2021 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Unpublished Memorandum and Order of the Superior Court at No. 735 EDA 2020 entered on October 1, 2021, affirming the Judgment of Sentence of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas at No. CP-51-CR- 0009313-2017 entered on January 10, 2020 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. REYES A. SALAZAR, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 475 EAL 2021 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Unpublished Memorandum and Order of the Superior Court at No. 736 EDA 2020 entered on October 1, 2021, affirming the Judgment of Sentence of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas at No. CP-51-CR- 0010630-2017 entered on January 10, 2020 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. REYES A. SALAZAR, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 476 EAL 2021 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Unpublished Memorandum and Order of the Superior Court at No. 737 EDA 2020 entered on October 1, 2021, affirming the Judgment of Sentence of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas at No. CP-51-CR- 0010631-2017 entered on January 10, 2020 [474 EAL 2021, 475 EAL 2021 and 476 EAL 2021] - 2 ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 5th day of October, 2022, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, limited to the following issue: Should this Court rule consistently with its precedent and remand this matter so that [Petitioner] may litigate a constitutional challenge to his SORNA registration? The decision of the Superior Court is VACATED IN PART, limited to its finding that Petitioner’s constitutional challenges to SORNA were waived pursuant to Commonwealth v. Reslink, 257 A.3d 21 (Pa. Super. 2020). We REMAND for the Superior Court to apply Commonwealth v. Thorne, __ A.3d __, 2022 WL 2231821 (Pa. 2022). Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issues.