Legal Opinion

Gammell

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided July 15, 2014No. AC 13-P-0396PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.

The petitioner, Jack Gammell, appeals the judgment of the Superior Court finding him still sexually dangerous pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 9. He raises three issues on appeal: (1) whether a qualified examiner may testify regarding his evaluation of the credibility of various statements made by the petitioner during the clinical interview; (2) whether the trial judge properly excluded from the trial the results of a penile plethysmograph assessment (PPG test) by the treatment center, including references to the assessment in a qualified examiner’s report, when there had been no attempt to…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Commonwealth v. LaniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  3. Canavan's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
  4. Department of Youth Services v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  5. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975

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