Commonwealth v. Podoprigora

On November 8, 1993, in Brookline District Court, the defendant, Oleg Podoprigora, admitted to sufficient facts to warrant a finding of guilty of one count each of assault and battery, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, and threatening to commit a crime. In October, 1997, the same judge who had accepted the defendant’s admission to sufficient facts ordered the revocation of the defendant’s probation based upon the defendant’s violation *929of an outstanding c. 209A order.1 In February, 1998, the defendant filed a motion to vacate judgment and for a new trial, claiming that he had…