Tate

The denial of the petition of Calvin F. Tate (petitioner) under G. L. c. 123A, § 9 (1992 ed.), for release from commitment as a sexually dangerous person (SDP)1 was affirmed by the Appeals Court.2 See Tate, petitioner, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 1123 (1993). We granted the petitioner’s application for further appellate review. The petitioner contends here that: (1) the judge erred in admitting in evidence the report of the restrictive integration review board (board); (2) the judge improperly relied on evidence introduced at an earlier SDP hearing over which the judge presided; and (3) the judge erred…