{"id":2836,"date":"2022-02-02T05:55:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T10:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2022-01-31T14:56:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:56:16","slug":"trial-by-zoom-in-massachusetts-does-not-violate-confrontation-right-sjc-decides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/trial-by-zoom-in-massachusetts-does-not-violate-confrontation-right-sjc-decides\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial by Zoom in Massachusetts Does Not Violate Confrontation Right, SJC Decides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Remote Trial did not Violate Defendant\u2019s Constitutional Rights\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been some discussion as to whether remote trials are in violation of a defendant\u2019s constitutional rights. In the recently decided case of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/massachusetts\/supreme-court\/2021\/sjc-13093-0.html\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Commonwealth v. Curran<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, the highest court in Massachusetts decided that it does not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What happened in the\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Curran<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0case?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/trial-by-zoom-in-massachusetts-does-not-violate-confrontation-right-sjc-decides\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Trial by Zoom in Massachusetts Does Not Violate Confrontation Right, SJC Decides\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remote Trial did not Violate Defendant\u2019s Constitutional Rights\u00a0 Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been some discussion as to whether remote trials are in violation of a defendant\u2019s constitutional rights. In the recently decided case of\u00a0Commonwealth v. Curran, the highest court in Massachusetts decided that it does not.\u00a0 What happened in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19-and-the-law"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trial by Zoom in Massachusetts Does Not Violate Confrontation Right, SJC Decides &#8212; Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; February 2, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Remote Trial did not Violate Defendant\u2019s Constitutional Rights\u00a0 Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been some discussion as to &#8212; February 2, 2022\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/trial-by-zoom-in-massachusetts-does-not-violate-confrontation-right-sjc-decides\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Trial by Zoom in Massachusetts Does Not Violate Confrontation Right, SJC Decides &#8212; 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