Commonwealth v. Felt

The defendant, Richard Felt, is the subject of a petition for commitment under G. L. c. 123A, § 12. A judge in the Superior Court allowed a motion for the defendant’s counsel to be present during interviews conducted by qualified examin*317ers pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 13 (a) (§ 13 [a]).1 One of the two qualified examiners refused to conduct the interview with counsel in the room and submitted to the court her qualified examiner report based on her review of the defendant’s records only. The questions we consider in this case are whether the “examination” that a qualified examiner must…