Keyword Search: Confrontation Clause

SJC-10657: COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH BEATRICE

Argument: May 6, 2010 (reserve)

Keywords: Confrontation Clause - Constitutional Law - Criminal Procedure

Question Presented: Whether admission of a 911 call made by the alleged victim of an assault and battery from a neighbor’s house violated the defendant’s right of confrontation.

Facts: After a physical fight between the defendant and the alleged victim, his girlfriend, the victim ran to a neighbor’s house and made a 911 call. On the call, the …

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