Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wilcox
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 9, 2006PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
We consider whether the right of confrontation as explicated in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) (Crawford), applies to probation revocation hearings.1 We decide that the Crawford case is inapplicable and that the standard *62articulated in Commonwealth v. Durling, 407 Mass. 108, 117-118 (1990), controls our resolution of this case.
Facts. In July, 2001, the defendant was convicted in the Wrentham Division of the District Court Department of four counts of making annoying or indecent telephone calls, G. L. c. 269, § 14A,2 and two counts of accosting a person of the opposite sex, G. L.…
2Cases cited47 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
- Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Hacker, Anthony WayneCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
- Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. GoodwinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. ColeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. PenaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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