Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Burns
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 1, 1979PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The defendant appeals from a conviction on a complaint charging attempted larceny of a motor vehicle. He contends that the complaint charging him with the crime was fatally defective and that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his conviction.
On October 7, 1978, Christina R. Fox parked her 1975 Ford LTD automobile in front of her home in Everett at about 12:00 p.m. The next morning she discovered that the automobile was missing from that location and she reported this to the Everett police. At about 8:00 p.m. of that same day two Boston police officers observed the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. AndlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
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