DEVLIN v. COMMONWEALTH

No. 12-P-401.

83 Mass. App. Ct. 530 (2013)

PATRICK J. DEVLIN v. COMMONWEALTH.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian P. Mansfield for the Commonwealth.

Joshua M.D. Segal for the plaintiff.

Present: KANTROWITZ, SIKORA, & RUBIN, JJ.


RUBIN, J.

The following facts are taken from the undisputed testimony at the trial in the Superior Court. The plaintiff, Patrick J. Devlin, was on November 1, 1995, civilly committed to Bridgewater State Hospital under G. L. c. 123, § 35, on the petition of his wife, who feared he was a danger to himself because of his alcoholism. Devlin was housed and treated with other civilly committed individuals in the...

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