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COMMONWEALTH v. TRIPOLONE

425 Mass. 487 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. SALVATORE J. TRIPOLONE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

July 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy J. Murphy for New Hope, Inc.

John L. Holgerson, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Susan M. Basham & Fernando Laguarda for National Network to End Domestic Violence & others.

Toni G. Wolfman, Claire Laporte, Audrey C. Mark, & Marie E. Burke for the Domestic Violence Council.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, GREANEY, FRIED, & MARSHALL, JJ.

WILKINS, C.J.

A judge in the Superior Court entered an order of contempt against the appellant, New Hope, Inc. (New Hope), a counselling center for victims of domestic violence and shelter for battered women. On motion of the defendant, who is charged with rape, armed assault in a dwelling, and violation of an order issued pursuant to G. L. c. 209A, another judge in that court had ordered that New Hope produce the counselling...

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