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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a dangerousness hearing provides a prior opportunity for cross examination under the Sixth Amendment in the case of Commonwealth v. Carlos Rodriguez<\/em>, decided on September 22, 2016. \u00a0The Court upheld a conviction for domestic assault and battery<\/a> without the testimony of the victim, despite its holding that the victim statements to the police were testimonial because the defense lawyer had an opportunity to cross examine the victim at a dangerousness hearing.<\/p>\n

In this case, the\u00a0defendant went to trial in the Springfield District Court for assault and battery As is common in domestic cases, the victim declined to testify.<\/p>\n

Often, when someone is charged with domestic assault and battery, the person charge will assume that the case will be dropped if the victim does not wish to testify. In fact, the Commonwealth can still prosecute the case as this recent case illustrates.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a dangerousness hearing provides a prior opportunity for cross examination under the Sixth Amendment in the case of Commonwealth v. Carlos Rodriguez, decided on September 22, 2016. \u00a0The Court upheld a conviction for domestic assault and battery without the testimony of the victim, despite its holding that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assault-and-battery"],"yoast_head":"\nMassachusetts criminal defense lawyer had prior opportunity for cross examination at dangerousness hearing SJC rules in recent decision involving domestic assault and battery — Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog — October 3, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a dangerousness hearing provides a prior opportunity for cross examination under the Sixth Amendment — October 3, 2016\" \/>\n<meta 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