Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Murphy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 27, 1972PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
After a joint trial held under the provisions of G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, David G. Murphy, Jr. (the defendant) and one John J. Whooley were convicted on separate indictments charging that each, with intent to commit larceny, confined and put in fear one Josephine Votta for the purpose of stealing from a safe in a building of Sears, Roebuck and Co., and that each, with such intent, compelled Miss Votta, by intimidation, force and threats, to disclose and surrender the means of opening the safe. G. L. c. 265, § 21. The case is now before us on the defendant’s appeal, the appeal of Whooley…
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