Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Kitchings
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 18, 1996No. Nos. 95-P-1578, 95-P-1579, & 95-P-1642PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGillerman, J.
On the evening of September 4, 1994, the defendants Kitchings, Dorch, and Rudolph, and their companion, Robert Moore, 2 were parked in the parking lot of a Burger King restaurant. The three defendants had driven up from South Carolina headed for Lowell. As a result of the events described below, the defendants were each charged with unlawful possession of a firearm in a vehicle, G. L. c. 269, § 10(a), unlawful possession of ammunition, G. L. c. 269, § 10(h), and possession of marijuana, G. L. c. 94C, § 34.
After a hearing, the judge denied the defendants’ motions to suppress all evidence…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- New York v. QuarlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Commonwealth v. CastMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. FraserMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
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3Cited by28 opinions
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