551 Pa. 307
Decided May 8, 1998
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1998-05-08
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Decided 1998-05-08
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently April 2018
21 state decisions
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¶2AND NOW, this 8TH day of MAY, 1998, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED but LIMITED to the following:
Was the sentence illegal in that the Petitioner was sentenced to register with the Pennsylvania State Police pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9793, but said act was not effective at the time of the commission of the offenses to which Petitioner pled guilty?