COMMONWEALTH v. COVE


427 Mass. 474 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. EDWARD J. COVE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

May 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Meehan for the defendant.

Brian A. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

A jury of six convicted the defendant, Edward J. Cove, on two counts of violating a G. L. c. 209A restraining order not to "contact" Leanne Cove, his estranged wife.1 See G. L. c. 209A, § 7. The defendant appealed, and we transferred the case to this Court on our own motion. The defendant argues that the judge should have allowed his motion for a required finding of not guilty because there was no evidence that the telephone...

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