DOE v. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD

No. SJC-11823.

473 Mass. 297 (2015)

JOHN DOE, SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD NO. 380316 v. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brandon L. Campbell for the plaintiff.

David L. Chenail for the defendant.

Beth L. Eisenberg & Larni S. Levy , Committee for Public Counsel Services, & Eric B. Tennen , for Committee for Public Counsel Services & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Andrew S. Crouch , for Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


We are asked in this case to consider anew the standard of proof that the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB) must satisfy in order to classify a convicted sex offender under the provisions of the sex offender registry law, G. L. c. 6, §§ 178C-178Q. The plaintiff, John Doe No. 380316 (Doe), is a convicted sex offender who was classified...

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