| Docket # | SJC-10558 |
| Date | November 5, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Firearms. Constitutional law, Search and seizure, Investigatory stop, Confrontation of witnesses, Harmless error, Right to bear arms. Search and seizure, Threshold police inquiry, Reasonable suspicion. Threshold police inquiry. Evidence, Ballistician's certificate. Practice, Criminal, Confrontation of witnesses, Harmless error. Error, Harmless. |
| Appealed From | Bristol County Superior Court, Justice Eleanor S. Garsh |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Rachel J. Eisenhaure, David J. Gold, Shoshana E. Stern |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | DePina: Paul W. Patten |
| Amici Curiae | Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence; International Brotherhood of Police; Legal Community Against Violence; Massachusetts Million Mom March; Stop Handgun Violence; Massachusetts Chiefs of Police |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
