COMMONWEALTH v. TATE


424 Mass. 236 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. CALVIN F. TATE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael McGuinness for the defendant.

John P. Zanini, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, GREANEY, FRIED, & MARSHALL, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

We transferred here the defendant's appeal from the denial of his motion, based on Mass. R. Crim. P. 30 (a), 378 Mass. 900 (1979), that sought an order that would vacate guilty findings against him and terminate his commitment as a sexually dangerous person. We reject the defendant's arguments that (1) his commitment to the treatment center in Bridgewater was unlawful and (2) his continued commitment as a sexually...

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