Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Donald Robert CONKLIN, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2005-01-12
Citations: 581 Pa. 622
Docket Number: Petition No. 844 MAL 2004
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Donald Robert CONKLIN, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 581
Pages: 622–622

Head Matter:
867 A.2d 1261
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Donald Robert CONKLIN, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Jan. 12, 2005.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 12th day of January, 2005, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, limited to the following issue:
Whether the Commonwealth, as part of its burden of proof in a proceeding to determine whether an individual is a sexually violent predator, must present expert testimony, in the form of a clinical diagnosis by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist, that the individual suffers from a personality disorder or mental abnormality that makes the person likely to engage in predatory sexually violent offenses.