Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ventura
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 17, 2013PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
The defendant is a sex offender who, after pleading guilty to one indictment charging possession of child pornography, was placed on probation by a judge in the Superior Court and relieved of his obligation to register as a sex offender with the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB), pursuant to G. L. c. 6, § 178E (/). The question in this case is whether a second *203judge, after finding the defendant in violation of his probation, may on that basis and consistent with the Sex Offender Registry Act, G. L. c. 6, §§ 178C-178Q (act), order him to register with SORB. We hold that she may not.
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- Commonwealth v. VickeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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