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Commonwealth v. Kennedy

Citations

  • 435 Mass. 527
  • 762 N.E.2d 794
  • 2001 Mass. LEXIS 773

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that “the liberty interests at stake compel strict adherence to the time frames set forth in the statute”
  • affirming a dismissal where the Commonwealth violated the § 13 deadline for filing qualified examiner reports
  • reserving whether “lesser violations of the deadlines in G. L. c. 123A may result in some lesser sanction” than dismissal of the petition
  • dismissal after a finding of probable cause was appropriate where the Commonwealth failed to produce reports of qualified examiners within the statutory deadline
  • the district attorney has fourteen days “from” the filing of the qualified examiners’ report in which it may petition for trial
  • “Where, as here, the G. L. c. 123A proceedings are still ongoing and the defendant is detained beyond his discharge date, the liberty interests at stake compel strict adherence to the time frames set forth in the statute”

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Judges: Ireland

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