COSTA v. COMMONWEALTH


440 Mass. 1003 (2003)

PHILIP J. COSTA vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

September 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn Thomas Johnson for Philip Costa.

Kevin J. Curtin, Assistant District Attorney (Sarah Weyland Ellis, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.


The District Court judge ordered that bail for Philip J. Costa (defendant) be revoked pursuant to paragraph three of G. L. c. 276, § 58, based on allegations that the defendant committed two counts of assault and battery during the period of his release.

On August 21, 2002, the defendant was arraigned in the Cambridge District Court on charges of assault and battery (G. L. c. 265, § 13A), malicious destruction of property (G. L. c. 266, § 127), and...

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