Commonwealth v. Travis

The respondent, Richard C. Travis, appeals from an order of a Superior Court judge which vacated a prior order of conditional release under G. L. c. 123A, § 9, and ordered his recommitment to the treatment center for sexually dangerous persons at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater (Bridge-water) . Travis contends that the judge had no constitutional authority under G. L. c. 123A, § 9, to recommit him because he had previously been found not to be a sexually dangerous person, and the judge could not validly vacate that prior finding. We agree, and we therefore reverse.

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