COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERTS

SJC-11825.

472 Mass. 355 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSEPH L. ROBERTS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

July 30, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn A. Burbine , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Jeanne M. Kempthorne for the defendant.

Jeffrey G. Harris , for William J. Sylvester, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANIS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LLNK, & HINES, JJ.


In 2005, the defendant pleaded guilty to several sexual offenses, including forcible rape, committed against three children. Neither his defense counsel nor the judge who accepted his guilty pleas informed the defendant that his sexual offense convictions could, pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, serve as a predicate for civil confinement as a...

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