Massachusetts Appeals Court· 6/30/1977
Commonwealth v. White
Citations
- 363 N.E.2d 1365
- 5 Mass. App. Ct. 483
- 1977 Mass. App. LEXIS 667
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- honest and reasonable belief of defendant that the property taken belonged to the defendant is a defense to the required finding of the specific intent to steal
- “defendant was entitled to an instruction to the effect that he should be acquitted [of larceny] if the jury should find that the defendant honestly ... believed that the money he took from [the victim] represented a debt actually due from [the victim] to the defendant”
- $50 in wages owed, $50 in cash taken
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Hale, Grant, Brown
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20 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SantosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-10-31· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. MaharMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-01-25· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. St. HilaireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-01-02· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. LiebenowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-11-25· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. AllenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-05-23· cited 18×
- State v. SelfCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1986-01-27· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. GelpiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-01-04· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. LarmeyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-08-03· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. AnslonoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-03-10· cited 10×
- State v. D'AGOSTINONew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1980-10-20· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. LoweMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-02-07· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. LiebenowMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-10-17· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. NewhookMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-07-14· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. ThompsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-12-12· cited 2×
- United States v. GunterCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 1995-08-23· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. McArthurMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-09-28· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. MoreiraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-06-11· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. GassettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-01-31· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. DupontMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-02-11
- Commonwealth v. PittersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-12-07
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. DomanskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1954-12-21· cited 320×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-03-13· cited 133×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-04-15· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. NovickiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-06-29· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. CorcioneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-02-15· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. Louis Construction Co. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-02-12· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. BurtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1903-06-05· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. McDuffyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1879-04-08· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. EatonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1974-04-02· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. LevensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-01-08· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. ZaleskiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1975-10-22· cited 4×
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