Legal Opinion
Wyatt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 6, 1998PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
On February 11, 1997, the petitioner, Frederick A. Wyatt, filed a petition pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 9, seeking to be discharged from his commitment to the Massachusetts Treatment Center (center)1 as a sexually dangerous person.2 On April 8, 1998, after a six-day trial, a jury in the Superior Court found that the petitioner is not sexually dangerous, as defined by G. L. c. 123A, § 1.3 That same day, a judge in the Superior Court entered a judgment ordering him discharged from custody on April 21, 1998.4 On April 15, 1998, the Commonwealth filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Anthony's Pier Four, Inc. v. HBC ASSOCIATESMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Kentucky v. WhortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Robertson v. Gaston Snow & Ely BartlettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. BoydMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by19 opinions
- In Re Detention of PetersenWashington Supreme Court · 1999
- Doe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- In Re Detention of PalmerSupreme Court of Iowa · 2005
- Commonwealth v. TennisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. DasilvaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
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