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Appeals court hears challenge to examiners' reliance on dismissed police reports in Tommaso commitment case
Summary
Appellant argued the Appeals Court should overturn a civil-commitment finding because qualified examiners relied on Hopedale and Rhode Island police reports tied to dismissed charges that lacked an independent admissibility basis, while the Commonwealth said other evidence supported the diagnosis and risk finding.
An Appeals Court panel heard oral argument over docket 24P1327, Tommaso v. Commonwealth, where attorney Frederick Bartman for the appellant urged reversal of a civil-commitment finding on the ground that qualified examiners improperly relied on two police reports tied to dismissed criminal charges.
"May it please the court, I'm Frederick Bartman, and I represent appellant in this matter," Bartman told the panel, arguing that neither the Hopedale nor the Rhode Island police report…
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