Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Burke
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 13, 1984PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury of breaking and entering a building in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, a common law crime now codified by statute at G. L. c. 266, § 16.
The jury could have reached their verdict from the following evidence. After hearing the sound of breaking glass in the early hours of the morning, a thirteen year old girl awakened her mother and they proceeded to investigate. Upon seeing a figure, later identified as the defendant, walk by a window, the daughter screamed. The defendant then knocked on the front door, and, after identifying himself, stated…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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