{"id":2744,"date":"2021-08-30T23:25:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T03:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2021-08-30T23:27:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T03:27:06","slug":"massachusetts-appellate-court-decides-larceny-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-appellate-court-decides-larceny-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Appeals Court examines the elements of Larceny in case involving overcharging an elderly person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Occasionally, an upcharge of prices for a service is an honest mistake or a misunderstanding. However, when a worker overcharges a person on purpose, this can be considered larceny. In\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/massachusetts\/court-of-appeals\/2021\/19-p-53.html\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Commonwealth v. Watterson<\/span><\/em><\/a><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the Massachusetts Appeals Court examined a case where a defendant targeted and overcharged elderly customers for his services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Defendant Watterson provided services as an oil burner technician, plumber, and drain specialist.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The State alleged that he targeted and stole from various elderly and unsuspecting customers. The judge found him guilty of one count of larceny by false pretenses and one count of larceny from an elderly person. Defendant challenged the sufficiently of the evidence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What happened in the\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Watterson\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">case?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-appellate-court-decides-larceny-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts Appeals Court examines the elements of Larceny in case involving overcharging an elderly person\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occasionally, an upcharge of prices for a service is an honest mistake or a misunderstanding. However, when a worker overcharges a person on purpose, this can be considered larceny. In\u00a0Commonwealth v. Watterson\u00a0the Massachusetts Appeals Court examined a case where a defendant targeted and overcharged elderly customers for his services.\u00a0 Defendant Watterson provided services as an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-larceny"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Massachusetts Appeals Court examines the elements of Larceny in case involving overcharging an elderly person &#8212; Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; August 30, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Occasionally, an upcharge of prices for a service is an honest mistake or a misunderstanding. 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