Commonwealth v. Howard

In this appeal we consider the question of the *758proper treatment of the probation component of a split sentence after a period of civil confinement that was later found to be in violation of the requirements set out in G. L. c. 123A, § 14(a), for proceedings to commit a defendant as a sexually dangerous person (SDP). We affirm a Superior Court judge’s determination that the full probationary term be deemed to begin to run upon the defendant’s release from the Massachusetts Treatment Center (treatment center).

Background. On November 25, 1992, the defendant pleaded guilty in Superior Court to…