COMMONWEALTH v. REESE


438 Mass. 519 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH v. CHRISTOPHER J. REESE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

January 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

David H. Erickson, for the defendant, submitted a brief.

Martha Coakley, District Attorney, & Lillian Cheng, Assistant District Attorney, for the District Attorney for the Middlesex District, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


CORDY, J.

The Commonwealth appeals from a Superior Court judge's finding of no probable cause to believe that Christopher J. Reese was a sexually dangerous person as defined in G. L. c. 123A, § 1. The judge based his finding of no probable cause on subsidiary findings that the testimony of the Commonwealth's expert that Reese (1) was a pedophile; (2) suffered from a "personality disorder"; and (3) was likely to commit additional sexual offenses if not confined...

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