Legal Opinion
State v. James
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 29, 2002No. Sag-01-628PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.
[¶ 1] John James appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Sagadahoc County, Field, J.) revoking James’s probation and ordering that he serve the remaining term of his underlying sentence. James contends that the court’s consideration of multi-level hearsay evidence violated his due process right to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses. We agree and vacate the judgment.
I. CASE HISTORY
[¶ 2] On June 15, 1998, John James was convicted of Class C burglary 1 and theft, 2 and sentenced in the Superior Court (Atwood, J.) to the Department of Corrections for a term of five years, with…
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