Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gorassi
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 9, 2000PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
After a one-day jury-waived trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted on three indictments charging “assault. . . with intent to commit a felony, to wit: kidnapping.” See G. L. c. 265, §§ 26, 29. On appeal, the defendant argues that the judge applied an erroneous concept of assault. The defendant also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence presented at trial.1 We conclude that the judge may have applied fin erroneous definition of assault. We further conclude that the *245evidence at trial, under a correct view of the definition of assault, was sufficient as to one indictment,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. O'DELLMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. DelgadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Arthur King Wilson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PorroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- United States v. WhindletonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- Commonwealth v. KellyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. LavrinenkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. MeltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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