| COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. WILLIAM HENRY GORDON No. 594 MDA 2009 2010 PA Super 49 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 3/26/2010 | |
| Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence of March 9, 2009 in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, Criminal Division, No. CP-36-CR-0003935-2007 | |
| Before: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., LAZARUS and FITZGERALD, JJ. | |
| Opinion by: LAZARUS, J. | |
| William Henry Gordon appeals from his judgment of sentence after being convicted of violating a registration provision (failure to report address change) of Pennsylvania’s version of Megan’s Law (“Act”) and sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of 3-6 years’ incarceration. On appeal he claims: (1) under a strict reading of the applicable Megan’s Law provisions, he is not subject to prosecution for failure to comply with the registration provisions and (2) the trial court erred in admitting the testimony of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper regarding a letter sent to Gordon explaining the registration process. Because we are bound by the statutory language of the Megan’s Law registration provisions, we are constrained to vacate and discharge the defendant. | |
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