Commonwealth v. Wynton W.

Spina,

J. In this matter we consider a question reported by a judge in the Juvenile Court: “Whether a knife that is not a per se dangerous weapon enumerated in G. L. c. 269, § 10 (b), may constitute a ‘dangerous weapon’ as that term is used in G. L. c. 269, § 10 (j), when that knife is not being used in a dangerous manner.” The matter came before the Juvenile Court on the juvenile’s motion to dismiss and, on the oral motions of both the juvenile and the Commonwealth, was reported pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. R 34, as amended, 442 Mass. 1501 (2004). We *746consider the matter on the stipulated facts…