Legal Opinion

In re Chapman

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 16, 2019No. SJC-12632PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGants, C.J.

**293The issue presented in this appeal is whether, under the statutory scheme set forth in G. L. c. 123A, an individual who **294seeks to be discharged from civil commitment as a sexually dangerous person must remain civilly committed awaiting trial, sometimes for years, after both qualified examiners have concluded that he or she is no longer sexually dangerous. In Johnstone, petitioner, 453 Mass. 544, 553, 903 N.E.2d 1074 (2009), we held that G. L. c. 123A implicitly provides that an individual may not be civilly committed as a sexually dangerous person, or have his or her civil commitment…

2Cases cited31 opinions

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