Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Kane
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 31, 1984PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
The defendant, Michael J. Kane, was tried on January 3-5, 1978, upon an indictment returned on October 28, 1976, for the crimes of breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony (G. L. c. 266, § 16) and larceny from a building (G. L. c. 266, § 20), allegedly committed on September 11, 1976. We rest reversal of the defendant’s conviction of these offenses mainly on the material errors of the trial judge in instructing the jury. The instructions we hold erroneous were not objected to at the time, but in the special circumstances of the case are saved for appellate review…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. Larry Allen MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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- Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by29 opinions
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