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COMMONWEALTH v. A.Z.

SJC-13455.

493 Mass. 427 (2024)

COMMONWEALTH v. A.Z.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

January 25, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devorah Anne Vester, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Michael McGee, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Justin M. Woolf, Tatum A. Pritchard, Steven J. Schwartz, Alex Bou-Rhodes, Phillip Kassel, & Jennifer Honig, for Disability Law Center, Inc., & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Gaziano, Lowy, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

This case involves the constitutional rights of a criminal defendant who was involuntarily hospitalized for a competency determination pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 15(b) (§ 15[b]). An involuntary commitment infringes upon a defendant's fundamental right to liberty and thus must satisfy...

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