Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Levin
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 4, 1979PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
Following a six-week trial in the Superi- or Court, the defendants were convicted of uttering a forged life insurance policy, larceny of the policy by false pretenses, and attempted larceny of the proceeds of the policy. 2 They were sentenced to terms of six to eight years at M.C.I. Walpole on the uttering convictions; other, shorter sentences concurrent with the six to eight year terms were imposed for various other convictions. Both defendants appealed. The trial judge denied stays of execution pending appeal (other than short ones for purposes of presenting motions for such stays in this…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Russell v. FoleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Commonwealth v. NelsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Lebowitch v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Fine v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Blue v. MedeirosCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2019
- Torre v. Harris-Seybold Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. AllenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. GagnonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
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