| Docket # | SJC-10461 |
Date
Date Rehearing | November 5, 2009
September 6, 2011 |
| Video | View 2009 oral argument with Windows Media Player
View 2011 rehearing |
| Justices | 2009 hearing: Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
2011 rehearing: Ireland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, Duffly, Lenk
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| Summary | 2009 opinion: Firearms. Name. False impersonation & indentity fraud. Constitutional law, Voluntariness of statement, Search and seizure, Right to bear arms, Confrontation of witnesses, Harmless error. Search and seizure, Exigent circumstances, Fruits of illegal search, Consent. Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress, Voluntariness of statement, Sentence, Required finding, Confrontation of witnesses, Harmless error. Evidence, Voluntariness of statement, Firearm, Ballistician's certificate. Error, Harmless.
2011 opinion: Firearms. Constitutional law, Right to bear arms. Statute, Validity. |
| Appealed From | Hampden County Superior Court, Justice Constance M. Sweeney |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Loadholt: Richard B. Klibaner |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth (2009 hearing): Dianne M. Dillon
Commonwealth (2011 rehearing): Bethany C. Lynch |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the 2009 slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat)
Click to link to the 2011 rehearing opinion |
