ABBOTT A., a JUVENILE v. Commonwealth

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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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