Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gomes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 11, 1969PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
The defendant presents exceptions in respect of proceedings under G. L. c. 123A, § 6, which resulted in an order, on December 20, 1967, committing him to the treatment center for sexually dangerous persons at Bridgewater for a period from one day to fife.
On February 1,1962, the defendant was found guilty in the Superior Court of Suffolk County of assault with intent to rape. The trial judge on his own motion then committed the defendant, pursuant to c. 123A, § 4, to the treatment center for sixty days for examination and diagnosis. A hearing was held before the trial judge on May 25, 1962,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Specht v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Thomas H. Washington, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by25 opinions
- AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. LambMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Cornelius E. Sarzen v. Charles W. GaughanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Commonwealth v. TravisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Quesnell v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1974
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