Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gross
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 20, 2006PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
Once again, we are called on to decide whether the Commonwealth’s failure to meet procedural deadlines in sexually dangerous person proceedings, G. L. c. 123A, §§ 13 (a) and 14 (a), warrants the dismissal of the Commonwealth’s petition. See Commonwealth v. Parra, 445 Mass. 262 (2005); Commonwealth v. Gagnon, 439 Mass. 826 (2003); Commonwealth v. Kennedy, 435 Mass. 527 (2001). After the defendant’s motion to dismiss was initially denied, he refiled essentially the same motion as a motion for summary judgment. Another judge in the *692Superior Court treated the summary judgment motion as a motion…
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