Commonwealth v. Asase

*356After jury trial in the Boston Municipal Court, the defendant was convicted of assault and battery on a pregnant person. Due to continuances for various reasons, the defendant was not sentenced for over six months after his conviction. The judge ultimately sentenced the defendant to three months in a house of correction, suspended for six months (during which time the defendant would be on probation), and ordered the sentence imposed nunc pro tunc to the date of the defendant's conviction. The result was that the defendant was discharged from probation without ever having been placed on…