Commonwealth v. Melanson

The defendant William Melanson appeals from his *577convictions, after jury trial, of larceny over $250 (G. L. c. 266, § 30) and of conspiracy (G. L. c. 274, § 7) to commit the larceny,1 and to make false entries in corporate books (G. L. c. 266, § 67).2 On this appeal the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conspiracy convictions. The defendant also claims error in the judge’s admitting in evidence an extrajudicial statement by an alleged conspirator and in the prosecutor’s making certain remarks in his closing speech; each of these errors, he contends, tainted…