Jeremy L. Watson-Buisson v. Virginia
JusticiabilityDoctri
1) Does the Petitioner lack standing to raise an Equal Protection challenge to Code of Va. § 9.1-902(F) (formerly effective 2018) where the Supreme Court of Virginia found that the statute under which ha was convicted in Louisiana, Computer-Aided Solicitation of a Minor (LA R.S. 14:81.3), is facially comparable to Taking Indecent Liberties with Children (Code of Va. § 18.2-370), a "sexually violent offense," and thus, not treated differently, when the specific facts of the Petitioner's Louisiana conviction, under subsection (B)(1)(c) of LA R.S. 14:81.3, are more comparable to Use of Communications System to Solicit a Minor for Indecent Liberties (Code of Va. § 18.2-374.3), a nonviolent "sexual offense?".
2) By automatically requiring a person convicted of "any offense for which registration in a sex offender and crimes against minors registry is required under the laws of the jurisdiction where the offender was convicted," to be classified as a "sexually violent offender" upon declaring residency or employment in Virginia, does Code of Va. § 9.1-902(F) (2018) violate the Petitioner's right to Equal Protection of the laws by treating him differently than a similarly situated person convicted of the Virginia equivalent of Computer-Aided Solicitation of Minor in Louisiana (LA R.S. 14:81.3(B)(l)(c)(2010)), Use of Communications System to Solicit a Minor for Indecent Liberties (Code of Va. § 18.2*374.3); who is classified as a nonviolent "sexual offender?"
Does the Petitioner lack standing to raise an Equal Protection challenge to Code of Va. § 9.1-902(F) (formerly effective 2018)