| Docket # | SJC-10695 |
| Date | January 3, 2011 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Sex offender. Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act. Constitutional law, Sex offender, Taxation, Ex post facto law. Due process of law, Sex offender, Taxation. Evidence, Sexual conduct, Hearsay, Medical record, Privileged record. Practice, Civil, Sex offender, Hearsay. Notice, Administrative hearing. Statute, Validity. Deoxyribonucleic acid. Practice, Criminal, Probation. Administrative law, Hearing. |
| Appealed From | Suffolk Superior Court, Justice Stephen E. Neel |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Plaintiff: John G. Swomley |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commissioner of Probation: Randall E. Ravitz
Sex Offender Registry Board: David L. Chenail |
| Amici Curiae | Committee for Public Counsel Services; Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
