What are the implications of a juvenile court's ruling that a defendant has a right to cross-examine and confront witnesses at a probation violation hearing?

The legal premise of the juvenile court's ruling was sound. "Although probation violation hearings involve the criminal justice system, they are not governed by all the procedural safeguards of a criminal trial. [Citations.] Specifically the Sixth Amendment's right of confrontation does not apply to probation violation hearings. [Citation.] A defendant's right to cross-examine and confront witnesses at a violation hearing stems, rather, from the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. [Citation.] Those confrontation rights, however, are not absolute . . . .' [Citation.]" (People v. Abrams (2007) 158 Cal.App.4th 396, 400.)