Legal Opinion

In re R.B.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 11, 2018No. SJC–12415PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.

**712In February, 2011, the petitioner was committed to the Massachusetts Treatment Center (treatment center) as a sexually dangerous person, pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 12. The following year, he filed a petition for examination and discharge. G. L. c. 123A, § 9. A jury found that the petitioner continued to be sexually dangerous, and an order entered continuing his commitment.

**713On appeal, the petitioner argues for the first time that the order of commitment should be reversed because a *680written report of a psychological examination conducted approximately twenty-four years before should…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  4. Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
  5. Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  5. John Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2018

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