Superintendent of Bournewood Hospital v. Peters

This is an appeal from a civil commitment under the provisions of G.L. c. 123,§§ 7 and 8.

It appears that a hearing was held July 16, 1985 on a petition of the Superintendent of the Bournewood Hospital for the commitment of the appellant, Robert Peters, to that facility as a mentally 01 person requiring hospitalization due to the likelihood of serious harm to himself and/or others. It is alleged that during the course of the hearing the trial judge allowed into evidence hearsay testimony over the objections of counsel for the appellant. It is further alleged that at the conclusion of the…