Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/7/1988
Commonwealth v. Murray
Citations
- 519 N.E.2d 1293
- 401 Mass. 771
- 1988 Mass. LEXIS 56
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- multiple larceny charges proper where defendant wrote 180 unauthorized company checks to himself over five years
- \Larceny is the taking without right of the personal property of another with the specific intent to deprive the other of the property permanently\
- no error in prosecuting defendant on 180 counts charging each false entry in corporate employer’s books as separate offense
- Commonwealth not required to charge successive thefts from single victim pursuant to single scheme as one crime
- it was proper to accuse the defendant of 180 larcenies where the defendant, on 180 different occasions, took funds from his corporate employer even though the victim was a single corporation and the defendant’s methods never varied
- “In order to sustain a conviction for larceny, the Commonwealth must prove ‘that a defendant took the personal property of another without the right to do so, and ‘with the specific intent to deprive the other of the property permanently.’”
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Judges: Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor
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19 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-27· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. LeBeauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-04-22· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. LiebenowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-11-25· cited 21×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1990-10-19· cited 20×
- State v. FournierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1992-11-30· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. PimentalMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-03-27· cited 14×
- Jackson v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-10-14· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. NorthMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-09-24· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. MahoneyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-04-05· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. SnowMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-01-25· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. LaneMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-05-04· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. HildrethMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-06-05· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. BonillaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-03-30· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. BaldwinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-08-29· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. LiebenowMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-10-17· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. GreenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-04-06· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. GoodmanMassachusetts Superior Court· 1998-11-15· cited 1×
- Rochlis v. United StatesFederal Claims· 2020-01-14
- Commonwealth v. SuttonMassachusetts Superior Court· 1998-12-17
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-05-28· cited 98×
- Commonwealth v. StasiunMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-04-22· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. BealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-06-28· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. MannosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-02-25· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-11-06· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. De VincentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-01-28· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. EnglandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-01-06· cited 20×
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