Commonwealth v. Muniz

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 22, 2016

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2016-04-22

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently July 2017

1 state decisions

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“1) Does applying [42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.14] retroactively violate the Federal Constitution? ; 2) Does applying [42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.14] retroactively violate the Pennsylvania Constitution?”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Commonwealth v. Muniz, J., Aplt.

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Decided 2016-04-22

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¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2AND 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 [42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.14] retroactively violate the Federal Constitution?

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

¶3The 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.