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COMMONWEALTH v. ARMENT

412 Mass. 55 (1992)

587 N.E.2d 223

COMMONWEALTH vs. ALFRED ARMENT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

February 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Onek, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Judith Ellen Pietras, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

O'CONNOR, J.

In this case, we hold that commitment of the defendant to the treatment center for sexually dangerous persons at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater pursuant to G.L.c. 123A, as appearing in St. 1985, c. 752, § 4, violated his Federal and State constitutional rights to equal protection of the laws. We remand the case to the Superior Court for the entry of an order that the defendant...

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