Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Negron
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 14, 2004PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
Pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, the Commonwealth filed a petition with a single justice of this court seeking relief from a District Court judge’s evidentiary rulings at the defendant’s probation revocation hearing. The single justice *686reserved and reported the matter to the full court. We must resolve first whether the Commonwealth is a party to a probation revocation proceeding with standing to pursue an adverse evidentiary ruling by means of a direct appeal, thereby precluding a claim for relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3. The merits of the petition involve a challenge to the judge’s…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Commonwealth v. DurlingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WilcoxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
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- Commonwealth v. ThissellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. HartfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
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