Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. De Vincent
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 28, 1971PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
This is an appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from convictions under an indictment in two counts charging attempted extortion.
There was evidence on which the jury could have found the following: On October 22, 1968, the date of the offence charged in the first count, the defendant and another man, described as a “big, bald-headed man [who] looked like a wrestler,” met with John Najarían in the defendant’s automobile. The defendant asked Najarían if he knew Lou Ricci, and Najarían replied he did. The defendant then said, “Lou Ricci says you owe him $4,000,” that the defendant wanted…
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