Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Caetano
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 2015No. SJC 11718PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant, Jaime Caetano, asks us to interpret the holdings of the United States Supreme Court in McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 742, 791 (2010), and District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 635 (2008), to afford her a right under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution to possess a stun gun in public for the purpose of self-defense. The defendant was arrested for possession of a stun gun in a supermarket parking lot, claiming it was necessary to protect herself against an abusive former boy friend. She now challenges the constitutionality of G. L. c. 140, § 131 J,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- District of Columbia v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- McDonald v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Parker v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Estate of Armstrong Ex Rel. Armstrong v. Village of PinehurstCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2016
- Caetano v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- Worman v. HealeyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2019
- City of Seattle v. EvansWashington Supreme Court · 2015
- Ramirez v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
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