Commonwealth v. Resende

The defendants each were charged with one count of motor vehicle insurance fraud in violation of G. L. c. 266 § 111B, and one count of attempting to commit the crime of larceny over $250, in violation of G. L. c. 266, § 30, and G. L. c. 274, § 6. Both defendants waived their right to a trial by jury and the cases proceeded to trial before a judge in the Brockton Division of the District Court Department. On the first day of trial, the Commonwealth called two witnesses, one of whom did not conclude his testimony, and the case was continued to the following day. On the second day of the trial,…