Commonwealth v. Odoardi

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• holding defendant did not demonstrate that Commonwealth failed to act diligently in commencing revocation hearing or that defendant prejudiced by delay
• within judge’s discretion to curtail cross-examination when probationer’s subsequent conviction is a matter of record
• disposition of probation does not punish act prompting probation violation proceedings, and arises from \underlying offense for which a probationary sentence originally was imposed\
• “[WJhere a probationer is in custody awaiting prosecution on other charges he is not entitled to a preliminary hearing prior to final revocation of his probation”
• penalties for probation revocation attributed to original conviction, not to probation violation
• after conviction, judge could limit cross-examination during probation revocation hearing because “[w]e do not interpret Gagnon [v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778,] to mean that a judge is without discretion to limit or curtail irrelevant or redundant inquiries”

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