Commonwealth v. Ringgard

A jury found the defendant, Donald G. Ringgard, guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm, see G. L. c. 269, *198§ lO(Zz).1 On appeal, Ringgard maintains that the motion judge erred in denying his motion to suppress, and that the prosecutor’s closing argument and the trial judge’s instructions gave rise to a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice. We affirm.

1. The suppression motion. We summarize the facts found by the motion judge, who heard testimony from Worcester police Officers Michael Foley and Steven Donnellan, fire department Lieutenant Daniel O’Neil, the defendant, and a friend of…