Commonwealth v. Tate

Wilkins, CJ.

We transferred here the defendant’s appeal from the denial of his motion, based on Mass. R. Crim. P. 30 (a), 378 Mass. 900 (1979), that sought an order that would vacate guilty findings against him and terminate his commitment as a sexually dangerous person. We reject the defendant’s arguments that (1) his commitment to the treatment center in Bridgewater was unlawful and (2) his continued *237commitment as a sexually dangerous person violates his State and Federal right to due process and equal protection of the law and subjects him to punishment in violation of the double jeopardy…