Commonwealth v. Cotton

After a jury trial, the defendant, Alexander Cotton, was convicted of one count of carrying a firearm without a license and one count of possessing ammunition without a firearm identification (FID) card.2 The defendant argues that (1) the motion judge erred in denying the motion to suppress, (2) the trial judge erred in denying the motion for required findings of not guilty, and (3) the conviction of possessing ammunition without an FID card violates both the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. We affirm.

1. Motion to…