Hutchins v. Commonwealth

On November 19, 2001, the plaintiff commenced an action in this court seeking an adjudication that he is not sexually dangerous under the provisions of G.L.c. 123A, basing his application upon a report to that effect from a consulting examiner in 1985.1 As such, the plaintiff contends that principles of estoppel bar the Commonwealth from ever being able to petition for his commitment as a sexually dangerous person. Although his petition does not give any details of his present incarceration,2 it appears from an opposition recently filed by the Commonwealth that the plaintiff is under a…