Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 62 (2026)

Stolen goods; common receiver

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Section 62. Whoever is convicted of buying, receiving or aiding in the concealment of stolen or embezzled property, knowing it to have been stolen or embezzled, having been before convicted of the like offence, and whoever is convicted at the same sitting of the court of three or more distinct acts of buying, receiving or aiding in the concealment of money, goods or property stolen or embezzled as aforesaid, shall be adjudged a common receiver of stolen or embezzled goods and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1972–2011 · leading case: Haefeli v. Paul Chernoff, 394 F. Supp. 1079 (D. Mass. 1975).

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Haefeli v. Paul Chernoff, 394 F. Supp. 1079 (D. Mass. 1975). · cites it 3× “Mass.Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 266, § 62. 2 His conviction was affirmed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.”

Commonwealth v. McGann, 477 N.E.2d 1075 (Mass. App. Ct. 1985). “It was open to the trial judge, after the jury returned three guilty verdicts, to sentence the defendant as a common receiver of stolen goods under G. L. c. 266, § 62. 1 By reason of the repetition of the use of “whoever” as a subject for the second clause of § 62, we do not…”

Commonwealth v. Haefeli, 279 N.E.2d 915 (Mass. 1972). “G. L. c. 266, § 62. The cases are before us on the defendant’s amended bill of exceptions.”

Commonwealth v. Santucci, 430 N.E.2d 1239 (Mass. App. Ct. 1982). · cites it 4× “Based on these three convictions, the defendant was adjudged a common and notorious receiver pursuant to G. L. c. 266, § 62, and the judge directed the clerk to pronounce that judgment and a sentence of seven to ten years on each indictment to be served concurrently at MCI…”

Commonwealth v. Moran, 951 N.E.2d 356 (Mass. App. Ct. 2011). “92, § 9 (“pattern of conduct or series of acts” required for crime of stalking); G.”

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