COMMONWEALTH v. RODRIGUEZ

SJC-12093.

476 Mass. 367 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. BRANDON RODRIGUEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

February 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger L. Michel, Jr. , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Timothy St. Lawrence for the defendant.

Present: GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.


In this case we consider whether an acquittal on a charge of receipt of stolen property bars a subsequent prosecution for larceny of the same property. We conclude that principles of double jeopardy are not a bar to such action and that the successive prosecutions here do not violate the equitable principles that must be considered in such...

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