Commonwealth v. Essex

At about 4:00 a.m. on March 1, 1990, in the Roxbury section of Boston, a police officer observed a 1985 Cadillac with something hanging from its rearview mirror on the front windshield, which could have obstructed the driver’s view in violation of Chapter 90, §13. He also recognized the driver of the automobile, Dwayne Owens, as an individual whom the officer had observed, on a prior occasion, with another individual, pull guns on two other persons, one of whom was shot by Owens’ then-companion (Harding). During that prior incident, Harding had also shot at the testifying police officer.

Owens’…