Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/9/1963

Commonwealth v. Lewis

Citations

191 N.E.2d 753
346 Mass. 373
1963 Mass. LEXIS 611

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“We need not consider whether the defendant was arrested without probable cause because he did not raise that point at the [hearing]”
intent to commit larceny inferred where defendant ran into woods after being refused lawn work and defendant had no equipment or experience doing lawn work
intent to commit a crime may be inferred from circumstantial evidence including the defendant's conduct
“If the jury believed that the defendant entered the . . . home to steal, they were not required to find that he intended to limit his stealing to property under [the statutory minimum] in value”
a closed tobacco barn is not part of the open fields

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Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Cutter, Kirk, Spiegel

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