COMMONWEALTH v. BLAKE

SJC-10232

454 Mass. 267 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSEPH BLAKE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Franklin.

July 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colleen C. Currie for the defendant.

Steven Greenbaum, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Eric Tennen, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.


BY THE COURT. Following a jury-waived trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was adjudicated to be a sexually dangerous person. See G. L. c. 123A, §§ 12-14. In an unpublished memorandum and order issued pursuant to its rule 1:28, the Appeals Court affirmed the judgment, Commonwealth v. Blake, 71 Mass.App.Ct. 1115 (2008), and we granted further appellate review...

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