Commonwealth v. May
Massachusetts Appeals Court
1Opinion of the Court
Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of carrying a firearm without a license in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10(a ). In this appeal, he claims that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction and that there was error in the prosecutor's closing statement. We affirm.
1. Sufficiency of the evidence. In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth with specific reference to the substantive elements of the offense. See Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 324 n.16 (1979) ; Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. DomanskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Commonwealth v. BrzezinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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