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COMMONWEALTH v. PEREZ

No. 04-P-1033.

65 Mass. App. Ct. 259 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH v. SANTO ALEJANDRO PEREZ.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 7, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Lyons, Jr., for the defendant.

Seema Malik Brodie, Assistant District Attorney (Mark D. Zanini, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: Greenberg, Kantrowitz, & Mills, JJ.

MILLS, J.

In this case we evaluate whether the trial judge erred in concluding that the Commonwealth had made a good faith effort to secure a witness's attendance at trial. "The lengths to which the prosecution must go to produce a witness . . . is a question of reasonableness." Commonwealth v. Childs, 413 Mass. 252, 260-261 (1992), quoting from Ohio v. Roberts, 448 U.S. 56

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