Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Page
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 2, 1959PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
This bill of exceptions puts in issue the validity of the defendant’s indefinite commitment to the treatment center for sex offenders at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Concord under the provisions of G. L. c. 123A, as amended by St. 1957, c. 772 (the statute), and on a petition filed by the district attorney under § 5 applicable to a "prisoner under sentence.”
Statute 1957, c. 772, is the third of four enactments designed to furnish protection from sex offenders and facilities for their treatment and cure. Statute 1947, c. 683, provided for the commitment of persons having…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Minnesota Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate Court of Ramsey CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Holmes' AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- People v. LewisNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- State Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
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3Cited by38 opinions
- McKeiver v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- People v. FeagleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- Kenneth Donaldson v. J. B. O'connor, M.D. And John Gumanis, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- 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. TravisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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