Commonwealth v. Qadir

Following a jury trial in the District Court, the defendant, Yusuf Ibn Qadir, was convicted of possession of a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without a license, and unlawful storage of a firearm. On appeal the defendant challenges the denials of both his motion to suppress and his motion for required findings of not guilty. We affirm.

1. Motion to suppress. a. Facts. We summarize the facts found by the motion judge after the evidentiary hearing. "[W]e are bound by a judge's subsidiary findings of fact absent clear error." Commonwealth v. Clark, 65 Mass. App. Ct. 39, 43…