Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 28, 1992PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant, Frank DiBenedetto, is one of three defendants convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Joseph Bottari and Frank Angelo Chiuchiolo. See Commonwealth v. Tanso, 411 Mass. 640, cert. denied, 112 S. Ct. 3033 (1992). The main issue in Tanso was whether the “the trial judge’s admission in evidence, over objection, of the deposition testimony of an unavailable witness who had' not been cross-examined” was error. We determined that “the admission of the deposition testimony violated the defendant’s right to confrontation under the Sixth Amendment to the United States…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- DiBenedetto v. HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
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- Costa v. HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- Commonwealth v. VardinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
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