Commonwealth v. Bailey

A jury of six found the defendant Bailey guilty of the crimes of receiving a stolen motor vehicle (a 1986 Oldsmobile Delta), possessing a burgla-rious instrument (a screwdriver), and carrying an unlicensed firearm (a sawed-off rifle) in his possession or under his control in a vehicle, all the offenses having been committed as connected parts of an illicit episode on March 17, 1988. The present appeal is from the firearm conviction.

Officers James Gaughan and Matthew Kervin, in uniform in a marked cruiser at 2:10 A.M., March 17, gave chase to a red, two-door, 1986 Oldsmobile Delta which was…