Commonwealth v. Richardson

A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant on three indictments charging unlawful possession of a firearm in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10(a ).2 Each indictment further alleged that the defendant previously had been convicted of three violent crimes or serious drug offenses, thus subjecting him to enhanced sentencing as an armed career criminal under G. L. c. 269, § 10G(c ). At a jury-waived subsequent offender trial, the judge found that the defendant had committed each of the predicate offenses and that he was guilty of the subsequent portions of the indictments.

Following his…