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Appeals court considers objections in offender-registry board challenge
Summary
Counsel argued the hearing examiner and board may have failed to consider controlling studies and factors when assessing registrant risk; counsel urged relief based on procedural and legal errors raised in the record.
The Appeals Court heard argument in a challenge to a decision of the Sex Offender Registry Board (docket captioned in the record as John Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board). Appellate counsel argued the board and lower court applied risk factors incorrectly and failed to consider recent controlling studies and precedent.
Attorney Fred Burkholder, representing the appellant, told the panel that…
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