[J-4-2017] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 10 WAP 2016 : : Appeal from the Order of the Superior Appellee : Court entered 11/24/14 at No. 402 WDA : 2014, affirming the order of the Court of : Common Pleas of Clearfield County : entered 2/12/14 at No. CP-17-CR- v. : 0000894-2000 : THOMAS M. REED, : : Appellant : ARGUED: March 7, 2017

CONCURRING STATEMENT

CHIEF JUSTICE SAYLOR DECIDED: August 22, 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.