Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cruz
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 2, 2004No. 03-P-523PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
In this case, we decide whether the Commonwealth’s petition to have the defendant committed as a sexually dangerous person pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, upon the expiration of his State prison sentence, violated his guilty plea agreement.
In February, 1992, the defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and abuse of a child and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen. On November *61119, 2001, as the defendant neared completion of his sentences on those offenses, the Commonwealth filed a petition in the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 12(b),…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. MorrowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. BrunoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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