Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lamb
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 6, 1974PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
The defendant argued exceptions in the Appeals Court, alleging errors in the proceedings leading to his commitment as a sexually dangerous person under G. L. c. 123A, § 6. The Appeals Court sustained his exceptions with respect to both the admission of hearsay evidence and the denial of his right to invoke the psychotherapist-patient privilege under G. L. c. 233, § 20B. Commonwealth v. Lamb, Mass. App. Ct. (1973). a The Commonwealth’s application for further appellate review under G. L. c. 211A, § 11, was granted to be limited to the issue of the applicability vel non of the…
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