COMMONWEALTH v. BLANCHETTE

No. 01-P-774.

54 Mass. App. Ct. 165 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERT BLANCHETTE.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kajal K. Chattopadhyay, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Deborah A. Beard for the defendant.

Present: LENK, COWIN, & McHUGH, JJ.


LENK, J.

Following an evidentiary hearing pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 12(c), a Superior Court judge determined that the Commonwealth had not shown probable cause to believe that Robert Blanchette is a sexually dangerous person as defined in G. L. c. 123A, § 1. The Commonwealth contends on appeal that the judge misapplied the pertinent standard for determining probable cause, erroneously rejecting in the...

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