IN RE CHAPMAN

SJC-12632.

482 Mass. 293 (2019)

WAYNE CHAPMAN, petitioner.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary P. Murray for the Commonwealth.

Eric Tennen ( Joseph N. Schneiderman also present) for the petitioner.

Benjamin H. Keehn , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, & CYPHER, JJ.


The issue presented in this appeal is whether, under the statutory scheme set forth in G. L. c. 123A, an individual who seeks to be discharged from civil commitment as a sexually dangerous person must remain civilly committed awaiting trial, sometimes for years, after both qualified examiners...

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