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IN RE CHAPMAN

SJC-12632.

482 Mass. 293 (2019)

WAYNE CHAPMAN, petitioner.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 16, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary P. Murray for the Commonwealth.

Eric Tennen (Joseph N. Schneiderman also present) for the petitioner.

Benjamin H. Keehn, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

The issue presented in this appeal is whether, under the statutory scheme set forth in G. L. c. 123A, an individual who seeks to be discharged from civil commitment as a sexually dangerous person must remain civilly committed awaiting trial, sometimes for years, after both qualified examiners...

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