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COMMONWEALTH v. GARDNER

SJC-12495.

480 Mass. 551 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH, v. RICHARD GARDNER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

September 14, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail M. McKenna , Assistant District Attorney ( Shanan L. Buckingham , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Joseph M. Kenneally for the defendant.

David B. Hirsch , for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

We are called upon once again to determine the scope of persons whom the Commonwealth may lawfully seek to commit as sexually dangerous persons under G. L. c. 123A. General Laws c. 123A, § 12 (b), authorizes the Commonwealth to file a petition to civilly commit a "prisoner or youth" deemed likely to be a "sexually dangerous...

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