Commonwealth v. Davis

In connection with a search under warrant of an apartment for narcotic drugs, the police found firearms and ammunition evidently in the possession of the defendant Hubert Davis. The defendant was indicted under G. L. c. 269, § 10 (as amended through St. 1973, c. 588) for illegal possession on January 4, 1974, of a shotgun with a barrel less than eighteen inches long, 1 and he was found guilty of this crime after trial by a judge of the Superior Court sitting without a jury. On motion for a new trial, the defendant contended that the statute defining and punishing the offense violated his…