Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sann Than
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 10, 2004PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
A jury of six in the District Court convicted the defendant of possession of a firearm (a Colt .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun) without a license, in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10 (a). Police officers discovered the handgun protruding from under the front passenger seat of an automobile in *749which the defendant attempted to flee after running from a brawl outside Shooters Sports Bar in Dracut. On appeal, the defendant argued that his pretrial motion to dismiss should have been granted because the Commonwealth destroyed potentially exculpatory evidence when it conducted ballistics testing on…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. RaymondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. BrzezinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. OrtegaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GouseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Powell v. TompkinsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- Commonwealth v. JeffersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
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