Legal Opinion
McHoul
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 8, 2005PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
In 1974, James McHoul, Jr. (petitioner), was committed to the Massachusetts Treatment Center (treatment center) as a “sexually dangerous person,” pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, §§ 1 et seq., as appearing in St. 1958, c. 646, § 1. See Commonwealth v. McHoul, 372 Mass. 11 (1977). See also McHoul v. Commonwealth, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 878 (1980). On October 2, 2000, he filed a petition for examination and discharge. G. L. c. 123A, § 9. After a trial at which the petitioner did not testify, the jury returned a verdict that the petitioner remained a sexually dangerous person. The petitioner now challenges…
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