PETERSON, PETITIONER


354 Mass. 110 (1968)

236 N.E.2d 82

LEROY J. PETERSON, petitioner.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. O'Reilly, III, for the petitioner.

Willie J. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for the Superintendent of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, & KIRK, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against the superintendent of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater (Bridgewater). The petitioner alleges that in the proceedings resulting in his commitment to Bridgewater under G.L.c. 123A, § 6, as a sexually dangerous person he was denied due process of law and equal protection of the laws. At the request of the parties the single justice reserved and reported the case without...

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