COMMONWEALTH v. COSTA

No. 20-P-74.

99 Mass. App. Ct. 435 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. CONCETTO COSTA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Levin , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Kathryn E. Leary , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENRY, SACKS, & ENGLANDER, JJ.


The defendant's probation was revoked after a Superior Court judge found that he had violated his probation by committing rape and other new offenses against his then girlfriend, Jen (a pseudonym). On appeal, the defendant contends that (1) Jen's hearsay statements were not substantially reliable and were therefore inadmissible at the...

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