Legal Opinion
Thompson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 10, 1985PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court denying Elmer L. Thompson’s petition for discharge from the treatment center for sexually dangerous persons at M.C.I., Bridgewater (treatment center). Thompson contends that the judge erred in refusing, under G. L. c. 123A, § 9, to consider evidence which would tend to establish that confinement in an environment less restrictive than the treatment center is warranted. We disagree, and conclude that there was no error in the denial of Thompson’s petition.
Elmer L. Thompson (petitioner) has been confined at the treatment center since his…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. TravisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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