Commonwealth v. Ronchetti

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• specific intent to commit felony must exist at time of entry
• “When a person, by use of force, enters a dwelling house in the middle of the night it may ordinarily be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that his intent is to steal” [emphasis supplied]
• the intent to steal is inferred from the breaking and entering itself; the Commonwealth was not required to prove that the defendant intended a larceny which amounted to a felony since, under Mass. Gen. Laws c. 266, 20, larceny in a building is a felony
• the intent to steal is inferred from the breaking and entering itself; the Commonwealth was not required to prove that the defendant intended a larceny which amounted to a felony since, under Mass. Gen. Laws c. 266, § 20, larceny in a building is a felony
• “Larceny in a building is a felony”

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