Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/29/2005

Commonwealth v. Gonsalves

Citations

445 Mass. 1
833 N.E.2d 549
2005 Mass. LEXIS 479

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holding that the term interrogation \must be understood expansively to mean all law enforcement questioning related to the investigation or prosecution of a crime\
holding a victim's out-of-court statement to police officer per se testimonial, but those made to her mother nontestimonial
noting that out-of-court statement admissible as spontaneous utterance may nonetheless be testimonial
\Questioning by law enforcement agents to secure a volatile scene or establish the need for or provide medical care is not colloquially understood as interrogation -- it is not commonly understood as related to the investigation or prosecution of a crime\ [footnote omitted]
daughter’s account of battery by defendant not testimonial when made in response to mother’s inquiries within minutes of attack
“We conclude that questioning by law enforcement agents ... other than to secure a volatile scene or to establish the need for or provide medical care, is interrogation [and thus testimonial.]”

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Judges: Sosman, Spina

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