Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/5/1972

Commonwealth v. Jones

Citations

283 N.E.2d 840
362 Mass. 83
1972 Mass. LEXIS 760

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snatching of purse is robbery “even though the application of force may, in practice, be so quick as to deny the victim any opportunity to resist”
departing from “majority jurisdiction rule” at the time in holding that only “enough force to make the victim aware” of the theft is required to constitute robbery
distinguishing larceny and robbery based on the robbery victim’s “aware[ness] of the application of force which relieves him of his property,” which makes robbery “against the victim’s will” (cleaned up)
finding sufficient force when a purse was snatched from a shoulder
sufficient to show that the use of force or the victim’s being put in fear occurred at “approximately the same time” as the taking
robbery’s additional element of “the exertion of force ... remains the principal distinguishing characteristic” from larceny

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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher, Hennessey

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