Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Franklin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 17, 2010PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
The defendant was charged with possession of a *819firearm without a firearm identification card (two counts)1 and carrying a firearm with ammunition. A judge of the Boston Municipal Court allowed the defendant’s motion to suppress the firearm on the ground that it was obtained as the result of an unlawful seizure. A single justice of this court granted the Commonwealth’s application for leave to prosecute an interlocutory appeal, see Mass. R. Crim. P. 15 (a) (2), as appearing in 422 Mass. 1501 (1996), and transferred the matter to the Appeals Court, see G. L. c. 211, § 4A. The Appeals Court, in…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- California v. Hodari D.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. GrandisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. DyetteMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2015
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