Court Opinion

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Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-08-16 16:10:12.459733+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:57:19.351885
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                                MIDDLE DISTRICT

LEROY SPANN,                                 :   No. 71 MAP 2016
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                  Appellant                  :   Appeal from the Order of the
                                             :   Commonwealth Court at No. 728 MD
             v.                              :   2012 dated 6/9/16
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PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF                        :
PROBATION AND PAROLE AND                     :
PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE,                   :
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                  Appellees                  :

                               CONCURRING STATEMENT

CHIEF JUSTICE SAYLOR                                        FILED: August 16, 2017

      Although I dissented in the controlling case, Commonwealth v. Muniz, ___ Pa.

___, ___, ____ A.3d ___, ___, 2017 WL 3173066 (July 19, 2017) (Opinion Announcing

the Judgment of the Court), I recognize that there was a majority consensus in that

decision to the effect that SORNA exacts punishment and retroactive application of the

enactment violates constitutional norms.    Accordingly, while I have expressed my

disagreement with these propositions, see id. at ___, ___ A.3d at ___, 2017 WL

3173066, at *34-39 (Saylor, C.J., dissenting), I join the present per curiam order based

on the prevailing precedent.