Commonwealth v. Kennedy

The day before the defendant, Shawn Kennedy, was scheduled to be released from prison, the Commonwealth filed a petition under G. L. c. 123A for his civil commitment as a sexually dangerous person, and he was not released. Three weeks later, on March 16, 2000, a judge in the Superior Court *528found probable cause to believe that the defendant was sexually dangerous and, pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 13 (a),1 ordered that he be committed temporarily to the Massachusetts Treatment Center for examination and diagnosis. The treatment center never received notice of this order. Thirteen months later,…