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DIAZ v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-13009.

487 Mass. 336 (2021)

JOHN W. VAZQUEZ DIAZ v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 5, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Kiley, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Benjamin H. Keehn, Committee for Public Counsel Services, also present) for the petitioner.

Cailin M. Campbell, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Katharine Naples-Mitchell, Chauncey B. Wood, & Meredith Shih, for Boston Bar Association & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: BUDD, C.J., GAZIANO, LOWY, CYPHER, KAFKER, & WENDLANDT, JJ.

This case concerns whether the use of an Internet-based video conferencing platform, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom), for an evidentiary hearing during the COVID-19 pandemic violates certain of the defendant's constitutional rights. The defendant, John W. Vazquez Diaz, has waived his right to a speedy trial and seeks to continue...

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