Commonwealth v. Woods

The defendant was convicted of violating G. L. c. 272, § 16 (open and gross lewdness), and was sentenced to six months in a house of correction. The sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for three years. As a condition of his probation, he was required to participate in a sex offender evaluation and to be treated by a psychologist. While his appeal from this conviction was pending, his probation was revoked for failure to participate in the evaluation, and he filed a separate *170appeal from the probation revocation. A single justice of the Appeals Court consolidated the two…