Commonwealth v. Galicia

We consider in this case whether a judge properly admitted in evidence statements made by a victim in the course of an emergency 911 telephone call and later to police *738officers who responded to the scene. The statements concerned an assault by the defendant, Carlos Galicia, the husband of the victim, and were admitted in the defendant’s trial at which he was convicted of assault and battery. See G. L. c. 265, § 13A (a). The victim did not testify at the trial.

On appeal, the defendant claims that the admission of the victim’s statements violated his rights under the confrontation clause of the…