463 Mass. 1014
This matter was before the Supreme
Judicial Court on an appeal from a judgment denying the defendant’s petition for
relief under G.L. c. 211, § 3, from a ruling of the trial court. The defendant’s petition sought to continue a
probable cause hearing on the Commonwealth’s petition that he was a sexually
dangerous person. Before the SJC could
rule, the trial court dismissed the Commonwealth’s petition upon a finding by
two qualified examiners that the defendant was not sexually dangerous. Thus, the denial of the defendant’s motion
for a probable cause hearing was moot, and the SJC denied the defendant’s
appeal.
Written 7/16/2013