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DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL RETARDATION v. KENDREW

418 Mass. 50 (1994)

634 N.E.2d 109

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL RETARDATION vs. DORRIE E. KENDREW & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Spector, Assistant Attorney General, for the plaintiff.

Lewis S. Victor for Dorrie E. Kendrew.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LIACOS, C.J.

The Department of Mental Retardation (department) appeals from an order of a single justice of this court denying its petition for relief pursuant to G.L.c. 211, § 3 (1992 ed.). The major issue presented on appeal is whether, in the course of a criminal proceeding, a judge of the District Court may order the department to provide services to the defendant. We conclude that a District Court judge may not...

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