Commonwealth v. Blavackas

The defendant was convicted before a jury of six in a District Court of various offenses. Three were drug related (from which no appeal has been claimed). The other offenses, alleged to have taken place on July 26, 1979, were (a) being a disorderly person, G. L. c. 272, § 53, as amended through St. 1973, c. 1073, § 20, 1 and (b) carry ing without authority “on his [sic] person or under his [sic] control in a motor vehicle a dangerous weapon,” G. L. c. 269, § 10(h), as appearing in St. 1975, c. 585, § l. 2 Testimony from members of the Worcester police “vice-squad” permitted the following…