Cook v. Commonwealth

Thomas Cook appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition for relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3, from an interlocutory ruling of the trial court. In February, 2012, the Commonwealth filed a petition in the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 12, alleging that Cook was a sexually dangerous person. Cook filed a motion to continue the probable cause hearing, which was denied. His G. L. c. 211, § 3, petition sought relief from that denial. After Cook’s appeal from the single justice’s judgment was entered in this court, however, the c. 123A petition was…