Mass. high court considers whether "least culpable" armed robbery meets pretrial "use of force" test At oral argument in Commonwealth v. Domingo Agostini, defense counsel argued that the least culpable forms of armed robbery'''such as taking a hat or bag while armed but not using the weapon'''do not meet the "use of physical force" predicate in G. L. c. 276, 58A for pretrial detention; the Commonwealth urged the court to interpret

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is debating whether the "least culpable" forms of armed robbery, like snatching a hat while armed, should qualify as violent enough for pretrial detention.

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