Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/1/1989

Commonwealth v. Sheppard

Citations

537 N.E.2d 583
404 Mass. 774
1989 Mass. LEXIS 145

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treating such acts or omissions in a criminal context as the legal equivalent of intentional conduct
requiring proof that battery was harmful and noting “[a] harmful battery occurs when the touching is done with such violence that harm is likely to result”
defendant hit victim in face, causing him to fall back, hit his head and eventually die
evidence that defendant pushed victim after taking merchandise from him sufficed to make crime robbery instead of larceny
“[T]he exertion of force, actual or constructive, remains the principal distinguishing characteristic between a robbery and the underlying larceny.”
punch by defendant that caused victim to fall to street and suffer head injury, resulting in death, was sufficient to support jury's finding of intentional battery and resulting manslaughter conviction

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Judges: Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch

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