IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 54 MAL 2023 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : MICHAEL L. STRUNK, : : Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 17th day of October, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Whether the Superior Court erred in affirming [Petitioner’s] conviction for unlawful contact with a minor where the complainant testified that the sole verbal contact was in the first incident after any criminal offense was completed, and the Superior Court held that a step necessary for a greater sex offense constituted “contact,” for purposes of the statute.