Commonwealth v. Porter

The defendant was found not guilty of larceny of a motor vehicle, but was convicted of using a motor vehicle without authority, knowing that such use is unauthorized. G. L. c. 90, § 24(2) (a). At the time she was found driving the car she said she had borrowed it. She urges error in the denial of her motion for a required finding of not guilty on the ground that there was insufficient evidence, see Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 678 (1979), to satisfy a rational trier of fact beyond a reasonable doubt that she knew the use of the vehicle was unauthorized. The defendant also claims…