Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Connors
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 19, 2006PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
In 2002, a Superior Court jury found the defendant to be a sexually dangerous person pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § l.1 The defendant appealed from this adjudication, claiming that although he refused to be interviewed by the two court-appointed qualified examiners mandated in G. L. c. 123A, *314§ 13 (a),* 2 the trial judge erred in denying his pretrial motion to present psychiatric evidence based on personal interviews with his own psychiatric expert. The defendant further claims that the judge erred in admitting in evidence a mittimus that he argues included alleged hearsay evidence of a sexual…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. Billy G. ByersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Hashimi v. KalilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Blaisdell v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. LambMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AhmadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- JohnstoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. SargentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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