Commonwealth v. Poirier

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding of probation violation based on failure to comply with requirement to wear global positioning system monitor was unwarranted when department did not provide probationer with means to comply
• deciding appeal from preliminary finding of probation violation
• defendant not responsible for inability to comply with condition where probation department failed to provide needed equipment
• \our judicial obligations compel us to examine independently the errors confessed\ by parties [citation omitted]
• “Confessions of error are, of course, entitled to and given great weight, but they do not ‘relieve this Court of the performance of the judicial function.’” (quoting Sibron, 392 U.S. at 58)
• notwithstanding confession of error, appellate court must conduct independent review

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).