Commonwealth v S.W., SJC-13785

Supreme Judicial Court · January 8, 2026

Oral argument before the Supreme Judicial Court on whether courts may detain defendants without bail to secure inpatient competency evaluations and related questions about ordering 15b hospital evaluations, appellate venue, and the role of mental-illness/treatment in that calculus.

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