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COMMONWEALTH v. DUFRESNE

SJC-13123.

489 Mass. 195 (2022)

COMMONWEALTH v. LEON G. DUFRESNE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 24, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer H. O'Brien , for the defendant.

Konstantin Tretyakov , Assistant District Attorney, ( Jamie M. Charles , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Patrick R. Kessock , of New York, for National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, was present but did not argue.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Anthony D. Gulluni , District Attorney, & Travis H. Lynch , Assistant District Attorney, for district attorney for the Hampden District.

David Rassoul Rangaviz , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Kate Barry , Laura Gal , Andrea C. Kramer , Christina Paradiso , Cheryl Garrity , Nicole R.G. Paquin, & Adrianne Ramos for Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts.

Deborah J. Manus , for Boston Bar Association.

Jamie Sabino , for Massachusetts Law Reform Institute.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

Following a jury trial in the District Court, the defendant, Leon G. Dufresne, was convicted of violating an abuse prevention order. On appeal, he argues that his conviction suffers from two constitutional infirmities, both of which allegedly arise from the criminal penalties imposed on him as a result of his violation of the order. That...

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