Commonwealth v. Mahnke

The defendant appeals from convictions on indictments charging larceny of a motor vehicle (see G. L. c. 266, § 28, as amended through St. 1972, c. 78) and possession of burglarious implements (see G. L. c. 266, § 49). He assigns as error the denial of his motion for required findings of not guilty on those indictments.

We review the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth (Commonwealth v. Sandler, 368 Mass. 729, 740 [1975]) in order to determine whether it, along with permissible inferences which could be drawn therefrom, was sufficient to satisfy a rational trier of fact of…