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COMMONWEALTH v. CONTACH

No. 97-P-413.

47 Mass. App. Ct. 247 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. KRISTA CONTACH.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Franklin.

July 9, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holly T. Smith for the defendant.

Cathryn A. Neaves, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Sandra J. Staub & William C. Newman, for New England Learning Center for Women in Transition & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LENK, GILLERMAN, & SMITH, JJ.

SMITH, J.

On October 11, 1996, a District Court judge sitting in Greenfield adjudicated the defendant, Krista Contach, to be in criminal contempt and summarily punished her for what he considered to be her contemptuous conduct. The defendant appealed.

The undisputed facts are as follows. On October 11, 1996, the defendant filed a complaint in the Greenfield District Court, pursuant to G. L. c. 209A, requesting protection from abuse from her boyfriend, Brian...

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