Crittenden v. Commonwealth

The case was submitted on the papers filed, accompanied by a memorandum of law.

**1028The petitioner, John Crittenden, filed a paper in the county court titled "Respondent's Petition for Interlocutory Appeal and Stay of Proceedings." A single justice of this court treated it as a petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, and denied relief without a hearing.1 We affirm.

The Commonwealth filed a petition in the Superior Court seeking civil commitment of Crittenden as a sexually dangerous person pursuant to G. L. c. 123A. He was temporarily committed to the Massachusetts Treatment Center, and a…