MURPHY v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

SJC-13437.

493 Mass. 170 (2023)

CONRAD MURPHY vs COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 14, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary P. Murray for the defendants.

Matthew J. Koes for the plaintiff.

Rebecca Rose , for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


The issues before this court stem from a policy of the Department of Correction (DOC) declaring that civilly committed individuals categorically are ineligible for medical parole under G. L. c. 127, § 119A. The plaintiff, a civilly committed sexually dangerous person, petitioned the DOC for medical parole. The DOC denied his petition...

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