Commonwealth v. Maggio

We transferred this case from the Appeals Court on our own motion to determine whether proceedings in a District Court which terminated the defendant’s probationary status complied with the standards of due process ap plicable to probation revocation hearings. We conclude that they did not. Accordingly, we vacate the guilty findings that were entered and the sentences imposed on the defendant.

The following are the pertinent facts. On November 27, 1990, in the Cambridge Division of the District Court Department, the defendant, in accordance with the procedure established in Commonwealth v.…