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· 8/21/2015

Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 7083 v. Sex Offender Registry Board

Citations

  • 472 Mass. 475

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • vacating final risk classification that violated procedural due process, and treating as preliminary SORB’s attempted classification
  • “final classification must be based on an evaluation of the offender’s risk of reoffense at a time reasonably close to the actual date of discharge”
  • \SORB's regulations provide that a sex offender's current . . . dangerousness to the community must be considered\ [emphasis added]
  • \a sex offender's final classification reflects a level of risk and dangerousness that is current at a time\
  • \[A] final classification must be based on an evaluation of the offender's risk of reoffense at a time reasonably close to the actual date of discharge\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, Hines

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