Legal Opinion
Sheridan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 30, 1996PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The question raised in this appeal is whether in a discharge hearing under G. L. c. 123A, § 9 (1994 ed.), a petitioner is entitled to a unanimous jury verdict that he is a sexually dangerous person (SDP). In 1984, James Sheridan was adjudged to be a SDP and committed to the treatment center at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater for an indeterminate period of from one day to life, as provided by G. L. c. 123A. Sheridan, petitioner, 412 Mass. 599, 600 (1992). Sheridan petitioned for discharge pur*777suant to G. L. c. 123A, § 9, in 1991.1 Before this petition was adjudicated,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Johnson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Apodaca v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ballew v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- WyattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. G.F.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
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