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COMMONWEALTH v. HARTFIELD

SJC-11948.

474 Mass. 474 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH v. NKRUMAH N. HARTFIELD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 9, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen J. Hill for the probationer.

Helle Sachse , Assistant District Attorney ( Lynn S. Feigenbaum , Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Crispin Birnbaum , Special Assistant Attorney General, & Nina L. Pomponio , for Commissioner of Probation, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.

The primary issue on appeal is whether a judge's decision in a probation violation hearing to admit in evidence hearsay statements of an alleged victim regarding a new criminal offense bars the probationer from calling the alleged victim to testify. We conclude that it does not. Because the...

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