Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2016-04-22 20:08:07.366748+00
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M.D. Appeal Dkt.
                                                                      47 2016

                  IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                              MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,             : No. 684 MAL 2015
                                          :
                   Respondent             : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
                                          : the Order of the Superior Court
                                          :
            v.                            :
                                          :
                                          :
JOSE M. MUNIZ,                            :
                                          :
                   Petitioner             :

                                      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 applying [42Pa.C.S. §9799.14] retroactively violate the
            Federal Constitution?

            2) Does applying [42 Pa.C.S. §9799.14] retroactively violate the
            Pennsylvania Constitution?

      The Prothonotary is directed to schedule briefing and argument in this matter

together with the following matters presenting related issues: Commonwealth v. Reed,

557 WAL 2014 and Commonwealth v. Gilbert, 181 MAL 2015.