Legal Opinion
Poe v. Sex Offender Registry Board
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 17, 2010PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
On August 29, 2006, after an evidentiary hearing at which the petitioner (Poe) was represented by appointed counsel, a hearing examiner of the Sex Offender Registry Board (board) found that Poe posed a high risk of sexual offense recidivism and a high degree of dangerousness, and ordered that he register as a level three sex offender. Poe filed a complaint for judicial review in the Superior Court, pursuant to G. L. c. 6, § 178M, and G. L. c. 30A, § 14, and later moved for judgment on the pleadings. The judge affirmed the board’s classification decision. Poe appealed, claiming (1) that he was…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Millard Robert Beasley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Borden, Inc. v. Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Doe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. PattonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Doe, SORB No. 380316 v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Moe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. CelesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
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