Legal Opinion

Davis

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided July 16, 1980PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The petitioner has appealed from an order of the Superior Court denying his petition under G. L. c. 123A, § 9, for release from the treatment center at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater. We affirm the order.

1. There was sufficient evidence upon which the judge could find beyond a reasonable doubt that at the time of the hearing the petitioner was a sexually dangerous person within the meaning of G. L. c. 123A, § 1, as appearing in St. 1958, c. 646, § 1. Andrews, petitioner, 368 Mass. 468, 485, 486, 489 (1975). Lamb, petitioner, 368 Mass. 491, 499, 500-501 (1975).…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Colten v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. United States v. MazurieSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Musser v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Commonwealth v. GallantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  5. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  2. Page v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. LerouxMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981

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