Commonwealth v. Delaney

A jury of six in Dedham District Court on October 3, 1991, found the defendant Michael Delaney guilty of a violation of the Abuse Prevention Act, G. L. c. 209A, § 7, and of assault and battery, both offences committed upon the defendant’s ex-wife Janet Delaney. The defendant received concurrent sentences of two years’ confinement at a house of correction, suspended, with probation to April 3, 1993. On March 27, 1992, the defendant was “surrendered” by a Quincy probation officer for alleged violation of probation. A revocation hearing was held in Quincy District Court on April 7, 1992.1

The…