Commonwealth v. Faulkner

The defendant appeals from an order of a judge in the District Court Department revoking probation that the defendant had been serving on various convictions and committing the defendant to serve the suspended part of the sentences for those convictions. On appeal, the defendant argues as grounds for reversal that imposition of the sentence for one of the convictions violated constitutional and common law prohibitions against double jeopardy, and that he was denied his right to the assistance of counsel at his probation revocation hearing. We reverse.

The relevant facts are largely undisputed.…