Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Nassar
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 20, 1980PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
On May 15,1979, after a bench trial in Superior Court, Berkshire County, the present respondents James John Nassar, III, and his wife Patricia Anne Nassar were found not guilty by reason of mental illness of the crimes of child abandonment (G. L. c. 119, § 39) and man slaughter (G. L. c. 265, § 13) incident to the death of their sixteen months old, third child Joshua. Under the provisions of G. L. c. 123, § 16 (a), the judge ordered the respondents to be committed to the Department of Mental Health (Department) and hospitalized for observation. That observation having taken place, the…
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