Legal Opinion
Brown v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Superior Court
Decided October 12, 2000No. WOCV9501772APublished
1Opinion of the CourtDonohue, J.
On March 24, 1984, petitioner Edward' Brown entered a plea of guilty to multiple counts of Soliciting a Child to Pose for Pornographic Purposes and Rape of a Child. On May 14, 1984, Justice Travers found petitioner to be a “sexually dangerous person” pursuant to G.L.c. 123A and committed him, in lieu of a criminal sentence, to the Massachusetts Treatment Center for a term of not less than one day and not more than his natural life.
Brown now brings this pro se petition for habeas corpus challenging his confinement to the Treatment Center. Petitioner asserts numerous arguments in support of his…
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