#SORNA

In re J.C.

In this en banc case, the Superior Court dealt with Act 21, which is the Involuntary Treatment of Certain Sexually Violent Persons Statute, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 6401-6409, and provides for involuntary commitment of juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent and where the Commonwealth can establish by clear and convincing evidence that the offender has a mental abnormality or … Read more

Commonwealth v. Zeno

In 2007, when he was a minor, Zeno pleaded guilty to rape of a child as well as related sex crimes. In 2018, Zeno filed a motion to bar imposition of registration pursuant to SORNA. He argued that because he was a juvenile at the time he committed the offenses, requiring him to register as a sex … Read more