COM. v. WILSON


910 A.2d 10 (2006)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Gerald E. WILSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Madeira, State College, J. Karen Arnold, Bellefonte, Carolyn Michelle Fenton, for the Com. of PA, appellant.

Sean Patrick McGraw, for Gerald E. Wilson, appellee.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER and BALDWIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice BALDWIN.

We review whether the provisions of Megan's Law1 (Megan's Law II or Act) authorizing the imposition of criminal liability for failure to comply with the Act's reporting requirements are unconstitutional. In Commonwealth v. Williams, 574 Pa. 487, 832 A.2d 962 (2003) (Williams II), we severed the lifetime penalty provisions

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