Legal Opinion
In re M.C.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 5, 2019No. SJC-12481PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGaziano, J.
**337*549After being charged with misdemeanor breaking and entering and wanton destruction of property, M.C. was found incompetent to stand trial. He was committed temporarily to a psychiatric facility pending a civil commitment hearing, to be held pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 5 ; during that time, M.C. was diagnosed as having schizophrenia. Although he sought to have it conducted at a court house, the hearing on M.C.'s civil commitment was held in a hearing room at the facility. Toward the beginning of the proceeding, the court-owned recording equipment malfunctioned. Two different alternate…
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