COMMONWEALTH v. DORISCA

No. 13-P-1971.

88 Mass. App. Ct. 776 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSENER DORISCA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

December 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew S. Crouch for the defendant.

Jessica R. Heaton , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: VUONO, AGNES, & MALDONADO, JJ.


The purpose of the confrontation clause is "`to put beyond the possibility of alteration except by the people themselves the principle already established as a part of the common law that the witnesses should confront the accused face to face' ... [in order to] `exclude any evidence by deposition, which could be

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