Tag: #MegansLaw

J.B. v. Pa. State Police

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court sustained the state police’s preliminary objections to a petition for review seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. The petitioner argued that the registration and reporting requirements under

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In re B.B.

The New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed an order of the Law Division that designated B.B. as a Tier II registrant under the Registration and Community Notification Laws, N.J.S.A. 2C:7-1 to

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Commonwealth v. Zack

The Pennsylvania Superior Court issued an opinion regarding Megan’s Law III, sexually violent predators, SORNA I, Commonwealth v. Muniz, Commonwealth v. Neiman, and other related provisions. The opinion is best

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State v. Jacobs

The New Jersey Appellate Division reviewed the defendant’s conviction for violating the terms of his Community Supervision for Life (“CSL”). In 2002, the defendant was convicted of endangering the welfare

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In re Registrant J.D-F.

In this appeal, the New Jersey Supreme Court was tasked with deciding whether N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2(g), a Megan’s Law provision that bars certain sex offenders from applying under N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2(f) to

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Commonwealth v. Stanley

The defendant was on probation for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements, pursuant to Megan’s Law III. Later, he was found to be in violation of his probation and

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J.K. v. NJ State Parole Bd.

In 2015, J.K. filed a petition with the New Jersey Parole Board seeking to change his residency from New Jersey to Poland, while remaining under the supervision of the Board.

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Adams v. Pa. State Police

The Commonwealth Court rejected the petitioner’s application to declare that he was not required to register as a sex offender under SORNA I. The petitioner was placed on the original

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State v. Brown

In State v. Brown, the New Jersey Supreme Court had to determine whether it is an ex post facto violation to subject a Megan’s Law registrant to a third-degree charge

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Commonwealth v. Asher

While Commonwealth v. Asher was pending in the Superior Court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rendered its decision in Commonwealth v. Torsilieri, 232 A.3d 567 (Pa. 2020). In Torsilieri, the Supreme

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