Commonwealth v. Ciesla

The defendants were indicted on August 21, 1979, for buying, receiving, or aiding in the concealment of stolen property, knowing it to have been stolen. See G. L. c. 266, § 60. Each defendant filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the indictment was not “found and filed within six years after the crime [was] committed.” G. L. c. 277, § 63, as amended by St. 1955, c. 781, § 1. At the hearing on the motions to dismiss, the parties stipulated that a backhoe that was the subject of the indictment had been stolen in 1971, and that the defendants had been in possession of the backhoe from…