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COMMONWEALTH v. BUTLER

346 Mass. 147 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 680

COMMONWEALTH vs. SHELTON BUTLER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 29, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Nordlinger for the defendant.

Joseph A. Melley, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.

WHITTEMORE, J.

The judge in the Superior Court, acting under G.L.c. 123A, found that the defendant is a sexually dangerous person and ordered him committed to the treatment center for such persons (the center) for the indeterminate statutory period of one day to life. Ibid. § 6. Except for the points discussed below, this case is like Commonwealth v. Dagle, 345 Mass. 539

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