Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Durling
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 26, 1990PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
Ralph M. Durling (defendant) appeals from an order of a District Court judge revoking the defendant’s probation and committing him to a house of correction. The defendant contends that the procedure utilized at the revocation hearing failed to comport with the minimum requirements of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We affirm.
The defendant’s story begins on September 16, 1986, when he was arrested in Stoughton. The defendant was arraigned the following day on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (OUI)…
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