Opinion
10-P-2266
08-11-2011
COMMONWEALTH v. JIMMY L. CHRISTIAN.
NOTICE: Decisions issued by the Appeals Court pursuant to its rule 1:28 are primarily addressed to the parties and, therefore, may not fully address the facts of the case or the panel's decisional rationale. Moreover, rule 1:28 decisions are not circulated to the entire court and, therefore, represent only the views of the panel that decided the case. A summary decision pursuant to rule 1:28, issued after February 25, 2008, may be cited for its persuasive value but, because of the limitations noted above, not as binding precedent.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 1:28
Upon review of the record, transcript, and briefs, we conclude that there was sufficient evidence adduced at the hearing to support the order revoking the defendant's probation. See Commonwealth v. Durling, 407 Mass. 108, 112, 118- 119 (1990). See also Commonwealth v. Negron, 441 Mass. 685, 690-691 (2004).
This case is more like Commonwealth v. Nunez, 446 Mass. 54, 59 (2006), than Commonwealth v. King, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 737, 738-741 (2008). In the circumstances presented here, the reliability of the hearsay evidence, in conjunction with the corrobative pictorial evidence of the complainant's bruises, was amply demonstrated. See Commonwealth v. Szerlong, 457 Mass. 858, 867-868 (2010).
Order revoking probation affirmed.
By the Court (Trainor, Brown & Carhart, JJ.),