Title: Commonwealth v. Strunk, M. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. MICHAEL L. STRUNK, Petitioner : : : : : : : : : : : No. 54 MAL 2023 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 17th day of October, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: Whether the Superior Court erred in affirming [Petitioner’s] conviction for unlawful contact with a minor where the complainant testified that the sole verbal contact was in the first incident after any criminal offense was completed, and the Superior Court held that a step necessary for a greater sex offense constituted “contact,” for purposes of the statute.