Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ferguson
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 14, 1991No. 90-P-255PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
A six-person jury in the District Court found the defendant, Scott Ferguson, guilty of two counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (shod foot) and of knowingly receiving a stolen motor vehicle. We conclude that there was error in the judge’s refusal to charge the jury on the accident defense and in his definition of the crime of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. Accordingly, the defendant’s assault and battery convictions must be reversed. We affirm the conviction of knowingly receiving a stolen motor vehicle.. We recite the pertinent facts.
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