Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Donovan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 28, 1985PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
A jury found Brian Donovan and Robert Grant guilty on each of seven indictments for larceny. Both defendants challenge their convictions on the ground that the trial judge erred in denying their motions for required findings of not guilty. Moreover, the defendant Grant argues that the trial judge erred in admitting allegedly “surprise” testimony which implicated him in the crimes. We conclude that these two contentions are meritless. Nonetheless, we further conclude that the criminal conduct at issue here constitutes a single larceny, not seven separate larcenies, and thus we order the…
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