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COM. v. WILLIAMS

832 A.2d 962 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Gomer Robert WILLIAMS, Appellee. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Bruce Peters, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Kenneth Vogel, Erie, for the Com. of PA, Appellant.

Amy M. Elliott, for Sexual Offenders Assessment Bd., Amicus Curiae Appellant.

Ines M. Massella; Leonard Sosnov, Wilmington, DE; Joseph Paul Burt, Erie, for Gomer Robert Williams, Appellee.

Leonard Sosnov, Wilmington, DE; James Andrew Pitonyak, Erie, for Bruce Peters, Appellee.

Karl Baker, Philadelphia, for Defender Ass'n of Philadelphia, Appellee Amicus Curiae.

Andrea F. McKenna, Harrisburg, Robert A. Graci, Pittsburgh, for Atty. Gen. Office, Com. of PA.

Before: ZAPPALA, C.J., and CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR and EAKIN, JJ.

OPINION

JUSTICE SAYLOR.

These are consolidated direct appeals from the orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, striking down certain provisions of the statute commonly known as Megan's Law, as amended in 2000. The primary question presented is whether the statute's registration, notification, and counseling requirements, applicable to individuals deemed sexually violent predators, constitute...

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