Legal Opinion
Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 12, 2008PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
The plaintiff, John Doe, who is indigent, appeals from his classification by the Sex Offender Registry Board (board) as a level two sex offender. Before the board, Doe filed a motion for funds to retain an expert witness under G. L. c. 6, § 178L (1), part of the sex offender registration law, G. L. c. 6, §§ 178C-178Q (registration law); the motion was denied. Doe challenges the board’s classification decision on a number of grounds, but the principal issue we consider in this appeal is Doe’s challenge to the board’s denial of his motion for expert funds. We conclude that § 178L (1) gives the…
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