Ellsworth v. Rubio

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• individual who had completed criminal sentence, yet remained in custody solely due to clerical error, not \prisoner\ subject to commitment
• “The fact that a person is in State custody is not enough to make him a ‘prisoner’ within the meaning of [G. L. c. 123A,] § 12([6])”
• defendant in State custody as result of clerical error was not “prisoner” within meaning of G. L. c. 123A, § 12 [b], and Commonwealth could not seek his commitment as SDP

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