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IN RE SANTOS

No. 08-P-536.

78 Mass. App. Ct. 280 (2010)

HUGO SANTOS, petitioner.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

November 19, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Fellows for the petitioner.

Brendan J. Frigault for the Commonwealth.

Present: RAPOZA, C.J., RUBIN, & FECTEAU, JJ.

RUBIN, J.

In 2005, Hugo Santos petitioned for discharge from his civil commitment to the Massachusetts Treatment Center (treatment center), pursuant to G. L. c. 123A, § 9. In a hearing to determine whether the then seventy-three year old petitioner remained a sexually dangerous person requiring continuing commitment, the judge allowed the respondent Commonwealth to introduce in evidence the written reports of two "qualified examiners" (QEs), as defined in G....

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