Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bell
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 11, 2013No. 11-P-1139PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMeade, J.
After a jury-waived trial, the defendant was convicted of failing to register as a sex offender in violation of *83G. L. c. 6, § 178H(a). On appeal, he claims that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction, and that the admission in evidence of a Texas sex offender registry document violated his right to confrontation under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We affirm.
1. Background. The defendant stipulated that in 1988 he had been convicted of a 1985 attempted child sexual assault in Nevada,2 and a certified record of that Nevada conviction was admitted in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. PeasleeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Commonwealth v. KennedyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. ClemensNebraska Supreme Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. HydeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2015
- Doe, SORB No. 376575 v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2016
- Doe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2017
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