COMMONWEALTH v. HANRIGHT

SJC-11350

465 Mass. 639 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH v. SCOTT HANRIGHT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was reported by Lenk , J.

Fawn D. Balliro Andersen , Assistant District Attorney ( Marian T. Ryan , Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

John P. Osler , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


SPINA, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether Mass. R. Crim. P. 14 (b) (2) (B), as amended, 463 Mass. 1501 (2012), permits pretrial discovery of a defendant's medical and psychiatric records in connection with a rule 14 (b) (2) (B) psychiatric examination. The answer must be, Yes.

1. Background. A grand jury returned twenty-two indictments against the defendant, including for murder in the first degree and various counts of masked armed robbery. These...

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