Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/20/2010

ABBOTT A., a JUVENILE v. Commonwealth

Citations

458 Mass. 24
933 N.E.2d 936
2010 Mass. LEXIS 677

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dangerousness hearing pursuant to G. L. c. 276, § 58A, may be conducted for juvenile who is incompetent
reliability of hearsay bolstered by observations made \close in time to the events in question\ [citation omitted]
Commonwealth's reliance solely on hearsay bearing substantial indicia of reliability at § 58A hearing did not violate right to cross-examine witnesses
rule of reasonableness does not allow for incompetent juvenile's pretrial detention where it \fails to result in progress toward achieving competency or has become unreasonable in duration\
delinquency charges involve neither criminal sentencing nor parole

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