Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/10/1974

Commonwealth v. Stewart

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309 N.E.2d 470
365 Mass. 99
1974 Mass. LEXIS 631

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reasoning that if violence or putting in fear were used to deter a customer from intervening or calling the police, a charge of robbery from that customer with respect to the money taken from the store cash register could be sustained
defendant properly convicted of robbing the victim by taking money from a safe where the victim could have prevented the taking if not intimidated by robber

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Judges: Tauro, Quirico, Braucher, Hennessey, Kaplan

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