Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/28/2001

Roe v. Attorney General

Citations

434 Mass. 418

How courts have described this case

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stating that, under act, SORB “may determine that an offender does not pose a danger or risk of reoffense and relieve him of any further registration requirement”
explaining that the requirements of procedural due process are “not rigid or hyper[ ]technical”
“exceptions to registration” under § 178E [f] “do not apply to . . . those convicted of sex offenses involving a child or sexually violent offenses”
“[t]he statutory classification [of persons as ‘sex offenders’] . . . expressly recognizes that some persons who have committed such offenses in the past will not pose any current danger”
“A person’s prior criminal record is a legitimate factor to consider in determining whether there is reasonable suspicion for a stop or probable cause for a search or an arrest”
facial validity of statute does not preclude as applied due process challenges

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Judges: Cowin, Marshall, Sosman

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