Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 4, 1985PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a firearm under his control in a motor vehicle in viola*422tian of G. L. c. 269, § 10 (a). Officer William Chase of the Watertown police department found the firearm in plain view when he opened the motor vehicle’s locked trunk to place eight-track tapes in it for safekeeping. He had seen the tapes in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle which the defendant had been operating when Chase arrested him on an outstanding warrant.
Following his conviction at a bench trial in a District Court, the defendant appealed to the District Court jury…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. JacobsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cady v. DombrowskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Commonwealth v. StouteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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- Commonwealth v. BloodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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