Commonwealth v. Reese

The Commonwealth appeals from a Superior Court judge’s finding of no probable cause to believe that Christopher J. Reese was a sexually dangerous person as defined in G. L. c. 123A, § 1. The judge based his finding of no probable cause on subsidiary findings that the testimony of the Commonwealth’s expert that Reese (1) was a pedophile; (2) suffered from a “personality disorder”; and (3) was likely to commit additional sexual offenses if not confined to a secure facility, was not credible. Therefore, he concluded that the Commonwealth had not met its burden of establishing that “a reasonable…