COMMONWEALTH v. BECKETT


373 Mass. 329 (1977)

366 N.E.2d 1252

COMMONWEALTH vs. ELLEN G. BECKETT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

September 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred D. Ellis for the defendant.

James W. Sahakian, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The defendant appeals from her conviction of conspiracy to steal money of a value of more than $100 from the Commonwealth. The charge was based on a claim that the defendant and her husband, Paul S. Beckett, conspired to commit larceny by false pretenses by misrepresenting to the Department of Public Welfare that her husband did not live with the defendant and their daughter, with the intended result that the...

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