Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Taurus Kenyata GILBERT, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2016-04-22
Citations: 135 A.3d 178
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Taurus Kenyata GILBERT, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 135
Pages: 178–179

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Taurus Kenyata GILBERT, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
April 22, 2016.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 22nd day of April, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
1) Does the application of the-. Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA"), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.10 et seq., to [petitioner] violate [petitioner's] procedural due process rights under the Federal and Pennsylvania Constitutions, when [petitioner] was no longer serving a criminal sentence at the time SORNA became effective?
2) Does SORNA violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the Federal Constitution when SORNA's purpose or effect is so punitive that it constitutes a retroactive increase in punishment when applied to [petitioner]?
3) Does SORNA violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when SORNA's purpose or effect is so punitive that it constitutes a retroactive increase in punishment when applied to [petitioner]?
The Prothonotary is directed to schedule briefing and argument in this matter together with the following matters present ing related issues: Commonwealth v. Muniz, 684 MAL 2015 and Commonwealth v. Reed, 557 WAL 2014.