Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lee
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 17, 1980PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction under G. L. c. 140, § 129C, possession of a rifle without a firearm indentification card. Because of a prejudicially erroneous jury instruction concerning the defendant’s defense to the indictment, we reverse the judgment.
On September 28, 1978, Boston Detective Peter O’Malley responded to a report of a shooting incident at the Munch N’ Brunch, a restaurant located in the Chinatown section of Boston. When he arrived at the scene, other police officers were already in the process of arresting five young men, one of whom was the defendant. As these young…
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