Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/9/2006

Commonwealth v. Nunez

Citations

446 Mass. 54
841 N.E.2d 1250
2006 Mass. LEXIS 27

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holding that although the Crawford decision does not apply to probation revocation proceedings as they are part of sentencing, the hearsay on which the judge relied upon must be reliable
finding hearsay evidence to be reliable in part because reporting officer corroborated victim's statement
where judge admits hearsay evidence in probation revocation hearing, “[i]t is advisable” that judge’s finding regarding reliability of that evidence “be stated on the record”
statements made to officer soon after events when incident still fresh in victim's mind substantially reliable
fact that \it is a criminal offense to make a false report of a crime to a police officer\ bolsters reliability
that witness could be prosecuted for making false report to police officer \bolsters the reliability of the report[ ]\ [citation omitted]

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Judges: Cowin

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