COMMONWEALTH v. SOUZA


397 Mass. 236 (1986)

490 N.E.2d 1173

COMMONWEALTH vs. REGINALD SOUZA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Gold for the defendant.

Marcy Cass, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

The defendant, an indigent, was convicted of larceny in the Boston Municipal Court Department, jury-of-six session, and was sentenced to a term of six months' imprisonment. On appeal he argues that (1) the judge erred in refusing to grant the defendant's motion for a required finding of not guilty; (2) the conviction should be reversed because there was error in the denial of a continuance of the trial pending appeal of decisions that the defendant not be...

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