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IN RE H.R.

No. 41 MAP 2019.

227 A.3d 316 (2020)

IN RE: H.R., a Minor. Appeal of: H.R., a Minor.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: April 1, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene K. Cuccarese, Esq. , Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Bureau of Hearings and Appeals, for Amicus Curiae Department of Human Services.

Matthew James Deschler, Esq. , Littner, Deschler & Littner, Bethlehem, for Appellant.

Joshua David Shulman, Esq. , Shulman & Shabbick, for Appellee Northampton County Solicitor (Northampton County Department of Human Services.

Carson Blythe Morris, Esq. , Joshua D. Shapiro, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, for Appellee Attorney General Office, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Intervenor.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

We granted discretionary review to determine whether the Court-Ordered Involuntary Treatment of Certain Sexually Violent Persons statute, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 6401-6409 (Act 21), constitutes criminal punishment, such that its retroactive application is unconstitutional under Commonwealth...

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