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COMMONWEALTH v. ANASTOS

438 Mass. 846 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH v. GEORGE ANASTOS (and companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 18, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Arguin, Assistant Attorney General, for Commissioner of Probation.

Thomas T. Merrigan & James W. Dolan, for Brighton Division of the District Court Department, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

COWIN, J.

The Commissioner of Probation (commissioner) appealed from a judgment of contempt entered against him by a judge in the District Court, and we granted his application for direct appellate review. However, the judge has vacated the contempt judgment. The appeal is moot and is therefore dismissed.

We sketch the factual background. The defendants in the underlying criminal proceedings were convicted of various...

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