| Docket # | SJC-10783 |
| Date | October 7, 2010 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Firearms. Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress, Assistance of counsel, Standing. Constitutional law, Search and seizure, Reasonable suspicion, Assistance of counsel, Equal protection of laws, Right to bear arms. Search and seizure, Pursuit, Threshold police inquiry, Reasonable suspicion. Resisting arrest. Self-defense. Words, "seized". |
| Appealed From | Boston Municipal Court, Justice Michael J. Coyne |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Powell: Kathryn Hayne Barnwell |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Kathleen Celio, Gregory D. Henning |
| Amici Curiae | Hampden County District Attorney; Committee for Public Counsel Services; Gun Owners Action League; Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
