IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 231 WAL 2019 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : SHAWN KEVIN BRES, : : Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 2nd day of January, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Did the Superior Court err in ruling that the Honorable Donna Jo McDaniel correctly treated the Petitioner’s Amended Post-Conviction Relief Act Petition and/or Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, which challenged the constitutionality of Subchapter I of the Pennsylvania Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (which was recently enacted into law on February 21, 2018), as an untimely petition filed pursuant to the Post- Conviction Relief Act?