Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 21, 1982PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The plaintiff, Fillmore Thompson, challenges the entry of a summary judgment dismissing his application filed pursuant to G. L. c. 123, §9 (b), for release from Bridgewater State Hospital. We find no reversible error and affirm.
On July 18, 1979, Thompson was found guilty of rape of a child (two counts) in the Superior Court in Bristol County, and was on that date admitted to the Bridgewater State Hospital (Bridgewater) for psychiatric observation in aid of sentencing pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 15 (e). Thompson was thereafter committed by a judge of the Superior Court in Bristol County to…
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