Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bladsa
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 27, 1972PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, J.
The case before us is an outline bill of exceptions arising out of a petition pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 6, as amended, to commit the defendant as a sexually dangerous person. The defendant is presently serving a sentence imposed on January 23, 1968, in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, for the offence of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen years. The defendant’s exceptions relate to certain of the judge’s rulings on evidence, and to the order committing the defendant as a sexually dangerous person.
1. Two psychiatrists, who were introduced…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Specht v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States of America Ex Rel. Carl G. Gerchman v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Commonwealth v. McGruderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- PetersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MorrowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. LambMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. MarkvartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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