# Spann, L., Aplt v. PA Board of Prob & Parole

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · August 16, 2017

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4196333

## Case

- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** August 16, 2017
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT

LEROY SPANN, : No. 71 MAP 2016
:
Appellant : Appeal from the Order of the
: Commonwealth Court at No. 728 MD
v. : 2012 dated 6/9/16
:
:
PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF :
PROBATION AND PAROLE AND :
PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, :
:
Appellees :

CONCURRING STATEMENT

CHIEF JUSTICE SAYLOR FILED: August 16, 2017

Although I dissented in the controlling case, Commonwealth v. Muniz, ___ Pa.

___, ___, ____ A.3d ___, ___, 2017 WL 3173066 (July 19, 2017) (Opinion Announcing

the Judgment of the Court), I recognize that there was a majority consensus in that

decision to the effect that SORNA exacts punishment and retroactive application of the

enactment violates constitutional norms. Accordingly, while I have expressed my

disagreement with these propositions, see id. at ___, ___ A.3d at ___, 2017 WL

3173066, at *34-39 (Saylor, C.J., dissenting), I join the present per curiam order based

on the prevailing precedent.

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