Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.

**132The plaintiff, John Doe No. 23656 (Doe), appeals from his classification as a level two sex offender. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the classification.1

1. Background. In 1980, when he was thirty years old, Doe pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, G. L. c. 265, § 22, and one count of assault with intent to rape, G. L. c. 265, § 24, stemming from three separate incidents involving three different women. Each of the women was a stranger to Doe. He was sentenced to three concurrent terms of from sixteen to eighteen years in State prison, which he served until his release in 1996.

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