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COMMONWEALTH v. GILLIS

448 Mass. 354 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH v. RICHARD C. GILLIS, JR. COMMONWEALTH v. MARK ANDREWS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex. Worcester.

February 14, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellyn H. Lazar-Moore, Assistant District Attorney (Anita L. Russo, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

John S. Day for Richard C. Gillis, Jr.

David Hirsch, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Mark Andrews.

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

COWIN, J.

In these cases we revisit the statute providing for commitment of "sexually dangerous persons" (SDPs), G. L. c. 123A. We consider whether individuals who are not serving any criminal sentence and have no charges pending against them, but who have been civilly committed to Bridgewater State Hospital under G. L. c. 123, §§ 7 and 8, following a period of incarceration, are subject to SDP commitment. We conclude...

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