Legal Opinion
Johnstone
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 9, 2009PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
This case concerns the interplay between the role of the qualified examiners and that of the community access board (CAB) in discharge proceedings for sexually dangerous persons pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 9. At the petitioner’s discharge trial, two qualified examiners who, under the statutory scheme, were ordered by the court to examine the petitioner for sexual danger*545ousness, see id., testified that the petitioner was not a sexually dangerous person. A member of the CAB, however, testified to the CAB’s conclusion that the petitioner was sexually dangerous. The trial judge allowed the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Kansas v. CraneSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Commonwealth v. BrunoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- DutilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. TravisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Doe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- GreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- McIntireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 7083 v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- In re ChapmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
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