Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 24 (2026)
Description of value or price
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Section 24. The value or price of property need not be stated, unless an essential element of the crime. If the nature, degree or punishment of a crime depends upon the fact that the property exceeds or does not exceed a certain value, it may be described, as the case may be, of more than that value, or of not more than that value.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1981–1992 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Dellinger, 422 N.E.2d 1346 (Mass. 1981).
Commonwealth v. Dellinger, 422 N.E.2d 1346 (Mass. 1981). “See G. L. c. 277, § 24. The crime of grand larceny might, of course, be so closely related to that of robbery that we would not permit multiple punishments.”
Commonwealth v. LaFontaine, 591 N.E.2d 1103 (Mass. App. Ct. 1992). “181, 186 (1987); G. L. c. 277, § 24. Also, the defendants isolate one paragraph of the judge’s instructions and claim that it impermissibly diluted the Commonwealth’s burden of proof.”
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