COMMONWEALTH EX REL. VANCE v. BEARD


931 A.2d 646 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH ex rel. Mr. Earl R. VANCE, Jr., Appellant, v. Mr. Jeffrey A. BEARD, Secretary for the Pa. Department of Corrections, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 26, 2007.


ORDER

PER CURIAM.

In its order sustaining the Department of Corrections' demurrer, the Commonwealth Court indicated that it was addressing the Department's amended DC-ADM 803-1's "restrictions on obscene materials." The court held that the policy was valid in this regard, because it advances a variety of legitimate penological interests. However, the petition for review in this case essentially conceded this point, challenging the policy only to the...

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