Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hector H.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 14, 2007No. 06-P-739PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSikora, J.
A juvenile, whom we shall call Hector (a pseudonym), appeals from the revocation of his probation and his resulting commitment to the control of the Department of Youth Services for an indefinite period by a judge of the Juvenile Court. The parties have argued issues of (1) mootness and (2) the quality of the evidence of probation violation submitted by the Commonwealth. We rule the dispute now moot. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal and leave the order revoking probation in force.
Procedural history. An account of several proceedings is necessary. On December 22, 2004, the Boston Juvenile…
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