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____________________________________ * Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court. NON - PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Appellee v. MYRON FOWLER

Appellant : : : : : : : : : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF

PENNSYLVANIA

No. 4061 EDA 2017 Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence September 28, 2017 In the Court of Comm on Pleas of Philadelphia County Criminal Division at No(s): CP - 51 - CR - 0012068 - 2014 BEFORE: PANELLA, P.J., GANTMAN, P.J.E., and PELLEGRINI*, J. MEMORANDUM BY GANTMAN, P.J.E.: FILED JULY 16, 2019 Appellant, Myron Fowler, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, following his jury trial convictions for indecent assault of child less than 13, endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors, and unlawful contact with a minor. 1 

### We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand. In its opinion, the trial court correctly set forth most of the relevant facts and procedural history. Therefore, we have no reaso n to restate them. We add that Appellant sexually assaulted Victim from approximately 2005 to 2014 . T he court sentenced Appellant on September 28, 2017, to 1 to 3 years’ imprisonment, plus 7 years’ prob ation. The court required Appellant to

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register and report for life as a Tier III offender under the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”) and designated Appellant as a sexually violent predator (“SVP”). On December 27, 2017, the co urt ordered Appellant to file a concise statement of errors complained of on appeal pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b). Appellant filed a Rule 1925(b) statement on January 22, 2018. Appellant raises the following issue for our review: WAS THERE INSUFFICIE NT EVIDENCE TO CONVICT APPELLANT...OF UNLAWFU L CONTACT WITH MINOR — SEXUAL OFFENSES, IND ECENT ASSAULT [OF A] PERSON LESS THAN 13 YEARS O F AGE, CORRUPTION OF MINORS, AND ENDANGERING [THE] WELFARE OF CHILDREN ? (Appellant’s Brief at 3). After a thorough review of the record, the briefs of the parties, the applicable law, and the well - reasoned opinion of the Honorable Gwendolyn N. Bright , we conclude Appellant’s issue merits no relief. The trial court opinion comprehensively discusses and properly disposes of the question presented. ( See Trial Court Opinion, filed April 18, 2018 , at 4 - 6 ) (finding: Appellant engaged in routine course of conduct of sexually assaulting Victim; evidence established Appellant regularly assaulted Victim by putting his hand in Victim’s p ants, fondling her buttocks, and kissing her neck; Appellant’s assaultive behavior began when Victim was four years old and continued until Victim was fourteen years old ; Appellant invoked God as means to dissuade Victim from resisting assaults ; Appellant’ s claim that Commonwealth failed to prove

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specific time and place where assault occurred is without merit; Victim testified that Appellant sexually assaulted her when she was between ages of four and fourteen ; Appellant routinely abused Victim when she vis ited Appellant on “C” Street and Vista Street in Philadelphia; incidents occurred in Appellant’s bedroom at those locations, as well as in Victim’s grandmother’s basement and in Appellant’s car; no ambiguity existed as to time frame and locations of Appell ant’s criminal conduct ). The record supports the trial court’s rationale. Therefore , we confirm the sufficiency of the evidence . Nevertheless, we are mindful of recent case law calling into question the validity of Appellant’s SORNA registration requirem ents and SVP status. Consequently, we elect to review the legality of Appellant’s sentence sua sponte . See Commonwealth v. Randal , 837 A.2d 1211 (Pa.Super. 2003) ( en banc ) (explaining challenges to illegal sentence cannot be waived and may be raised by t his Court sua sponte , assuming jurisdiction is proper; illegal sentence must be vacated); Commonwealth v. Butler , 173 A.3d 1212 (Pa.Super. 2017), allowance of appeal granted , ___ PA. ___, 190 A.3d 581 (2018) (addressing legality of appellant’s SVP status s ua sponte ).

Our Supreme Court declared SORNA unconstitutional, to the extent it violates the ex post facto clauses of both the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions. [ Commonwealth v. Muniz , 640 Pa. 699, 164 A.3d 1189 (2017), cert. denied , ___ U.S. ___, 138 S.Ct. 925, 200 L.Ed.2d 213 (2018) ]. The Muniz court determined SORNA’s purpose was punitive in effect, despite the General Assembly’s stated civil remedial purpose. SORNA also violates the ex post facto clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution be cause it places a unique burden on the right to reputation and undermines the

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- 4 - finality of sentences by demanding more severe registration requirements. The effective date of SORNA, December 20, 2012, controls for purposes of an ex post facto analysis. In light of Muniz , t his Court also held: “[U]nder Apprendi [ v. New Jersey , 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000)] and Alleyne [ United States , 570 U.S. 99, 133 S.Ct. 2151, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013)] a factual finding, such as whether a defendant has a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes him...likely to engage in predatory sexually violent offenses, that increases the length of registration must be found beyond a reasonable doubt by the chosen fact - finder.” Butler , supra at 1217 ( addressing SVP status sua sponte as illegal sentence) (internal quotations and citations omitted). See also Alleyne, supra (holding any fact that increases mandatory minimum sentence for crime is considered element of crime to be submitted to factfinder a nd found beyond reasonable doubt). This Court further held: “Section 9799.24(e)(3) of SORNA violates the federal and state constitutions because it increases the criminal penalty to which a defendant is exposed without the chosen fact - finder making the ne cessary factual findings beyond a reasonable doubt.” Id. at 1218. The Butler Court concluded that trial courts can no longer designate convicted defendants as SVPs or hold SVP hearings, “until [the] General Assembly enacts a constitutional designation me chanism.” Id. (vacating appellant’s SVP status and remanding to trial court for sole purpose of issuing appropriate notice under 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9799.23, governing reporting requirements for sex offenders, as to appellant’s registration obligation). Fol lowing Muniz and Butler , the Pennsylvania General Assembly enacted legislation to amend SORNA. Act 10 amended several provisions of SORNA, and also added several new sections found at 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9799.42, 9799.51 - 9799.75. In addition, the Governor of Pennsylvania signed new legislation striking the Act 10 amendments and reenacting several SORNA provisions, effective June 12, 2018. Through Act 10, as amended in Act 29, the General Assembly created Subchapter I, which addres ses sexual offenders who committed an offense on or after April 22, 1996, but before December 20, 2012. Subchapter I contains less stringent reporting requirements

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- 5 - than Subchapter H, which applies to offenders who committed an offense on or after December 20, 2012. Commonwealth v. Alston , 2019 PA Super 178, *2 - *3 (filed June 6, 2019) (footnotes and some internal citations omitted). “[W] hen an appellant's offenses straddle the effective dates of Subchapters H and I of SORNA, he is entitled to the lower reporting requirements of Subchapter I, absent a specific finding of when the offenses related to the convictions actually occurred. ” Id. at *3. Instantly, Appellant committed sexual offenses between 2005 and 201 4 . A jury convicted Appellant of indece nt assault of child less than 13, endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors, and unlawful contact with a minor . The court sentenced Appellant to an aggregate term of 1 to 3 years’ imprisonment, plus 7 years’ probation; during the sentencin g hearing, the court also designated Appellant as an SVP and required Appellant to register and report for life under SORNA. Here, the court designated Appellant an SVP by clea r and convincing evidence under Section 9799.24(e)(3) , which violates the fed eral and state constitutions . See Butler, supra . Therefore, we must vacate Appellant's SVP status. See id. Further, the jury did not specifically find the dates when Appellant committed his offenses. Appellant’ s offenses straddle the operative dates for Subchapters H and I. Without a specific finding by the chosen factfinder of when the offenses occurred, Appellant is entitled to the lowest punishment .

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See Alston, supra . Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of sentence in part and vacate that port ion of the judgment of sentence regarding Appellant’s SVP status and SORNA reporting requirements; we remand the case to the trial court to instruct Appellant on his proper registration and reporting requirements. Judgment of sentence affirmed in part an d vacated in part solely as to SVP status and SORNA reporting requirements; case remanded with instructions. Jurisdiction is relinquished. Judgment Entered. Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq. Prothonotary
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