DIAZ v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-13009.

487 Mass. 336 (2021)

JOHN W. VAZQUEZ DIAZ v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Kiley , Committee for Public Counsel Services ( Benjamin H. Keehn , Committee for Public Counsel Services, also present) for the petitioner.

Cailin M. Campbell , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Katharine Naples-Mitchell , Chauncey B. Wood , & Meredith Shih , for Boston Bar Association & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: BUDD, C.J., GAZIANO, LOWY, CYPHER, KAFKER, & WENDLANDT, JJ.


This case concerns whether the use of an Internet-based video conferencing platform, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom), for an evidentiary hearing during the COVID-19 pandemic violates certain of the defendant's constitutional rights. The defendant, John W. Vazquez Diaz, has waived his right to a speedy trial and seeks to continue...

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