Matter of Malachi P. (Emma P.-T.)

How courts have described this case

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• affirming trial court’s SDP determination given factual findings that included pedophilia diagnosis and history of prior offenses
• discussing importance of cross-examination in revealing strengths and weaknesses of expert opinion
• reading § 13 [a] to require “a clinical component to the qualified examiners’ review” because of statute’s provision that person must be committed for “the purpose of examination and diagnosis under the supervision of two qualified examiners”
• discussing Legislature’s views on grave dangers posed by sexually violent offenders
• sexually dangerous person statute does not require consideration of less restrictive alternatives to commitment

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