When an individual is charged with a crime over which the District Court has jurisdiction (all misdemeanors, felonies punishable of a sentence of up to five years and certain other felonies), a criminal complaint issues against them. A criminal complaint is the...
An act of theft committed by forcing the victim to withdraw money from an Automated Teller Machine ("ATM") is sufficient to trigger conviction under a Massachusetts statute prohibiting "confining to commit a felony" (see G.L. c. 265, § 21), the Supreme Judicial Court...
