Massachusetts Appeals Court June 22, 2018, 17–P–1323 (Commonwealth v. Dejesus)

Following a bench trial in the District Court, the defendant was convicted of two counts of violating an abuse prevention order. G. L. c. 209A, § 7. On appeal, the defendant challenges one of those convictions, claiming that the evidence underlying the conviction-text messages received by his former girl friend-had not been properly authenticated and therefore should not have been admitted at