Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Gruver, C.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Gruver, C.

DecidedJune 22, 2021

Docket16 MAP 2021

StatusPublished

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 16 MAP 2021 : Appellant : : v. : : Appeal from the Order of the Carbon CHRISTOPHER GRUVER, : County Court of Common Pleas, Criminal : Division, at No. CP-13-CR-0000166-2019 Appellee : dated 4/22/20

ORDER

PER CURIAM DECIDED: June 22, 2021

AND NOW, this 22nd day of June, 2021, the Order of the Carbon County Court

of Common Pleas is AFFIRMED. Given the limited nature of this appeal, in which the

Commonwealth challenges only the trial court’s authority to declare a statute

unconstitutional, this Court offers no present opinion concerning the substance of the

county court’s ruling in which it held that the registration and notification requirements of

the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”), as applied to

Appellee, were unconstitutional and unenforceable. See generally Commonwealth v.

Capitolo, 498 A.2d 806, 810-11 (Pa. 1985) (explaining that this Court does not address

issues that appellants elect not to raise or otherwise act as an advocate for the parties).

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