COMMONWEALTH v. SARGENT

No. 19-P-1187.

98 Mass. App. Ct. 27 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH v. MARK W. SARGENT.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

July 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad P. Bennion for the defendant.

Robert P. Kidd , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: SACKS, SINGH, & WENDLANDT, JJ.


The evidentiary principle of authentication requires the proponent of evidence to provide sufficient indicia that the evidence is what it purports to be. See Mass. G. Evid. § 901(a) (2020). We address in this appeal the intersection between authentication of a writing and the requirement in probation revocation hearings that,...

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