Commonwealth v. MacBarron

Following a probation violation hearing in the Superior Court, the defendant, Shawn MacBarron, was found in violation of his probation and sentenced to four to five years in State prison. In this appeal, the defendant claims that there was insufficient evidence to support the violation and that his counsel provided ineffective assistance. We affirm.

Background. The defendant is a level three registered sex offender, who was on probation for possession of child pornography. As a condition of probation, the defendant was to have no unsupervised contact with a child under the age of fourteen. The…