Court Opinion

ID: 9839339
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-12 20:09:29.667699+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:45:33.307818
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                              WESTERN DISTRICT

 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,                  : No. 75 WAL 2023
                                                :
                     Respondent                 :
                                                : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
                                                : from the Order of the Superior Court
              v.                                :
                                                :
                                                :
 WILLIAM ALBERT ROBERTS,                        :
                                                :
                     Petitioner                 :

                                        ORDER

PER CURIAM

      AND NOW, this 12th day of September, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal

is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

      Is the evidence insufficient to convict a person for failure to register under
      SORNA when the Commonwealth fails to prove that the defendant knew of
      and was [non-compliant] with his registration obligations, or as the Superior
      Court held, the Commonwealth need only prove that the person knew he
      did not register, even if he had no knowledge that he was required to do so?