Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Delaney
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 28, 1997PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
On March 9, 1994, a District Court jury found the defendant, Martin F. Delaney, Jr., guilty of five counts of violating a protective order issued pursuant to G. L. c. 209A.1 The defendant appeals from the convictions, as well as from an order denying his motion for a new trial on various grounds. We transferred the case here on our motion. We affirm.
The following facts are not in dispute. On August 31, 1992, the victim, the defendant’s former female companion, obtained an ex parte protective order against the defendant pursuant to G. L. c. 209A, § 4. The order stated that the defendant was to…
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