ELROY E. v. COMMONWEALTH

No. SJC-10734.

459 Mass. 1 (2011)

ELROY E., a juvenile v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Rudof , Committee for Public Counsel Services ( Samantha Gillombardo with him) for the juvenile.

Ellyn H. Lazar-Moore , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


IRELAND, C.J.

At issue is the validity of a section of the Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act, G. L. c. 6, §§ 178C-178P (act), namely § 178E (f) (see note 4, infra), which, in general terms, grants a sentencing judge discretion to relieve certain sex offenders of the obligation to register as a sex offender with the sex offender registry board (board). In this case, the juvenile unsuccessfully sought relief from the...

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