Superintendent of Worcester State Hospital v. Hagberg

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• commitment to mental health facility under G. L. c. 123, §§ 7, 8, may only be effected upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt
• possibility that clerk’s office lost appeal papers and that judge had “declared that the court had been derelict” and not the plaintiff
• commitment orders to mental health facilities are for limited duration and usually expire before appellate review
• in proceeding involving commitment to mental health facility, the standard of proof, as a matter of State law, is “proof beyond a reasonable doubt”; Andrews, petitioner, 368 Mass. 468, 486-491 (1975
• standard of proof for G. L. c. 123, §§ 7 -8, civil commitment proceeding is proof beyond reasonable doubt
• standard of proof for G. L. c. 123, §§ 7-8, civil commitment proceeding is proof beyond reasonable doubt

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