{"id":2448,"date":"2020-10-29T11:02:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T15:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2020-11-04T23:07:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T04:07:48","slug":"how-domestic-violence-cases-in-massachusetts-can-be-proven-without-the-victim-testifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/how-domestic-violence-cases-in-massachusetts-can-be-proven-without-the-victim-testifying\/","title":{"rendered":"How Domestic Violence cases in Massachusetts can be proven without the victim testifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Domestic Assault and Battery case in Massachusetts can be proven even if the victim does not wish to testify. \u00a0As a Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer, these cases involve important questions of Constitutional law and the right of confrontation. \u00a0The right to confront an accuser in court is one of the most important right to ensure a fair trial and justice in court. \u00a0The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently decided a case addressing the 6th Amendment right of confrontation in a domestic assault \u00a0and battery case. \u00a0The Appeals Court addressed this issue in <em>Commonwealth v. Roy Rand<\/em>\u00a0decided in June of 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What guidance did the Appeals Court provide as to when a 911 call is admissible in evidence at trial? <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Appeals Court stated that the Court engages in a two step inquiry to determine when an out of court statement can be admitted: <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/how-domestic-violence-cases-in-massachusetts-can-be-proven-without-the-victim-testifying\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading How Domestic Violence cases in Massachusetts can be proven without the victim testifying\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Domestic Assault and Battery case in Massachusetts can be proven even if the victim does not wish to testify. \u00a0As a Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer, these cases involve important questions of Constitutional law and the right of confrontation. \u00a0The right to confront an accuser in court is one of the most important right to ensure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domestic-assault-and-battery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Domestic Violence cases in Massachusetts can be proven without the victim testifying &#8212; 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