Commonwealth v. Sanchez

After a trial without a jury, a judge of the Superior Court found that Javier Sanchez, the appellant, was a sexually dangerous person and ordered him committed to the Massachusetts Treatment Center at Bridgewater. See G. L. c. 123A, §§ 1 et seq.1 Before that trial, Sanchez had moved for dismissal of the proceedings, claiming that the trial had not commenced within the sixty-day period set out in G. L. c. 123A, § 14, and that, as a consequence, his right to due process of law had been *32violated. A different Superior Court judge denied the motion, finding that Sanchez had acquiesced in the delay…