Legal Opinion
Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 16, 2012No. 11-P-308PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.
We are presented with the question whether a regulation promulgated by the Sex Offender Registry Board *153(board) that permits the board to increase a “registered and finally classified sex offender[’s]” level of classification, absent conviction of a new sex offense, exceeds the board’s authority. See 803 Code Mass. Regs. § 1.37C(1), (3) (2004). We conclude that it does.
Background. In September, 2003, the plaintiff was classified by a hearing examiner of the board as a level two sex offender after his second offense in 2002, for open and gross lewdness, in accordance with G. L. c. 6, §…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Aime v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Borden, Inc. v. Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Doe v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Doe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Doe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Soe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. VenturaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 34186 v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Doe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Superior Court · 2012
- Doe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Superior Court · 2014
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