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COMMONWEALTH v. SHEDLOCK

No. 02-P-1671.

58 Mass. App. Ct. 445 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH v. PAUL F. SHEDLOCK, JR.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

June 30, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney (Jeanne L. Holmes, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Nona E. Walker, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Present: LAURENCE, GELINAS, & MILLS, JJ.

LAURENCE, J.

In this case we address an important unresolved issue relating to the meaning of "release" as used in § 12(a) (see note 1, infra) of the statute governing proceedings for civil commitment of "sexually dangerous persons." G. L. c. 123A, §§ 1, 12-14, as amended by St. 1999, c. 74, §§ 3-8.1 The Supreme Judicial Court expressly declined comment...

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