COMMONWEALTH v. VENTURA

No. SJC-11184.

465 Mass. 202 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH v. DOUGLAS VENTURA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey E. Spofford for the defendant.

Bethany Stevens , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


LENK, 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 (f). The question in this case is whether a second judge, after finding the defendant in violation...

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