Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dunnington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 22, 1983PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
On September 16, 1981, the defendant, Richard Dunnington, was convicted of larceny by check under G. L. c. 266, § 37, at a bench trial in the Wareham District Court. The defendant exercised his right to a de nova trial and on March 19, 1982, a jury of six found him guilty as charged. The defendant appealed to the Appeals Court and we transferred the case to this court on our own motion.
The defendant appeals his conviction on four grounds: (1) the denial of his motion for a required finding of not guilty under Mass. R. Crim. P. 25, 378 Mass. 896 (1979); (2) the allowance of the Commonwealth’s…
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