Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Walsh
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 20, 1978PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
This is an appeal from a decision of a Superi- or Court judge committing the defendant to the treatment center at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater (treatment center) for an indeterminate period of from one day to life, as a sexually dangerous person, under G. L. c. 123A. We hold that the case should be remanded to the Superior Court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
On February 14, 1963, the defendant pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and received a sentence of life imprisonment to be served at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution…
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