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Commonwealth v. Walter

Citations

  • 40 Mass. App. Ct. 907
  • 661 N.E.2d 942
  • 1996 Mass. App. LEXIS 107

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  • finding error where the trial judge did not instruct the jury on the meaning of felony
  • construing a burglary statute that requires proof of the defendant's intent to commit a felony
  • judge’s failure to define the word “felony” in a prosecution for “breaking and entering in the daytime with intent to commit a felony” was error
  • at trial for attempting to break and enter a dwelling house with intent to commit a felony, failure of judge to define felony created substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice

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