Legal Opinion
Department of Youth Services v. a Juvenile
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 4, 1986PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The juvenile is in a secure facility (Butler Center) run by the Department of Youth Services (department). Although he is over eighteen, he is in the department’s custody because a jury of six determined that if discharged from the department he “would be physically dangerous to the public because of his mental disorder or abnormality.” See G. L. c. 120, §§ 16-20 (1984 ed.). The juvenile appeals, alleging that the statutory provisions under which he is held are unconstitutional; that the judge erred in permitting a psychiatrist to testify because he (the juvenile) was not warned that his…
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