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Appeals court hears challenge to level-2 classification for non-contact offenses in Doe v. Offender Registry Board
Summary
An impounded appeal questioned whether a series of non-contact indecent-exposure and open-and-gross-lewdness offenses supported a level-2 classification and internet dissemination under the state registry framework.
An impounded appeal (John Doe v. Offender Registry Board, No. 24307) drew extended argument about whether the board’s placement of a registrant at risk level 2 was supported when the underlying offenses were non-contact (indecent exposure and open-and-gross lewdness). The board and its counsel defended the classification; counsel for Doe argued the board’s decision was arbitrary, contradictory and unsupported by the evidence.
Why it matters: The decision governs whether non-contact sexual-offense histories can trigger public Internet dissemination and other registry measures reserved for higher-risk findings; the classification carries consequences for…
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