Commonwealth v. Cates

In the spring of 2000, while on probation for driving with a revoked license and other motor vehicle offenses, the defendant was charged with statutory rape and indecent assault and battery of a child over fourteen. After a hearing, a District Court judge found the defendant in violation of probation on *760the basis of the new charges. The judge revoked the defendant’s probation and imposed the underlying sentence. On appeal from the District Court order, the defendant claims there was no showing of good cause for not calling the alleged victim to testify at the hearing; that even if there was…