Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lamb
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 17, 1977PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This is an appeal from a decision of the Superior Court holding that the defendant is a sexually dangerous person (SDP) within the meaning of G. L. c. 123A, § l, 1 and committing him to the treatment center at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridge-water for an indeterminate period of one day to life under G. L. c. 123A, § 6.
A brief review of the prior proceedings will place the appeal in proper context. In 1963, the defendant was convicted of abuse of a female child. In 1968, the defendant was convicted on pleas of guilty of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. MontecalvoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. LambMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MarkvartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. PraterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. LyonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. BarbozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
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