Legal Opinion
Lamb
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 13, 1975PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus originally filed with the clerk of this court for Suffolk County and reserved and reported to the full court by a single justice, without decision, on the petition, answer, a stipulation of material facts, and a “Suggestion of Legal Issues Presented.” The petitioner seeks his release from the treatment center at Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater (Bridge-water), to which he has been committed by order of a Superior Court judge, acting under G. L. c. 123A, § 6, for examination and diagnosis as a possibly sexually dangerous…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Strunk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Commonwealth v. GoveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrunoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. LambMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- TrimmerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. DenhamMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- DavisMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
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