Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Poissant
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 2005PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
The primary issue that the parties in this appeal raise is whether a defendant in a sexually dangerous person proceeding who has been examined by two qualified examiners, see G. L. c. 123A, § 13 (a), must also submit to an examination *559by an expert selected by the Commonwealth. A secondary question is whether, if the defendant refuses to participate in such an examination, he may be barred from presenting the testimony of his own expert at trial.1 See G. L. c. 123A, § 14 (b).
A Superior Court judge found that there was probable cause to believe that the defendant, Nelson Poissant, was a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Schlagenhauf v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commonwealth v. BrunoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Blaisdell v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Bronstein v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Telesetsky v. WightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by14 opinions
- JohnstoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. SargentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. ConnorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- McIntireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. GrossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
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