Jeremy L. Watson-Buisson v. Virginia
JusticiabilityDoctri
Does the Petitioner lack standing to raise an Equal Protection challenge to Code of Va. § 9.1-902(F) (formerly effective 2018)
Questions Presented SO 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 he was convicted in Louisiana, , a Computer-Aided Solicitation of a Minor (LA RS. 14:81.3), is facially . 5 comparable to Taking Indecent Liberties with Children (Code of Va. § 18.27 ; . : 870), a "sexually violent offense," and thus, not treated differently, when the ee ‘ specific facts of the Petitioner's Louisiana conviction, under subsection (B)(1)() . of LA B.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 a Minor in Louisiana (LA RS.” 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?” oe . a : ; ' II.