Chin v. Commonwealth
Annotate this CaseA petition for Defendant’s civil commitment as a sexually dangerous person was pending in the superior court. Defendant assented to a finding of probable cause and was temporarily committed for examination and diagnosis by two qualified examiners. The examiners submitted their reports, and the Commonwealth petitioned for trial. Defendant petitioned for relief under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, 3 from the trial judge’s denial of Defendant’s motion in limine to preclude the Commonwealth from calling certain witnesses. A single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court denied the petition. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding that because Defendant had alternative remedies available to him, the single justice did not err by denying extraordinary relief.
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