Commonwealth v. Siegfriedt

The defendant, Kent A. Siegfriedt, was convicted on March 22, 1985, after a second jury trial, 1 of wilful and malicious burning of a dwelling house. There was evidence from which the jury could find that the defendant intentionally set his mattress afire. The judge committed the defendant, pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 15 (e) (1986 ed.), to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater for up to twenty days of examination. Subsequently, the defendant was sentenced to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord. On May 1, 1985, the defendant filed a timely notice of…