Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Morse
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 15, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
The defendant was convicted on May 31, 1978, by a jury of carrying on his person or under his control in a motor vehicle a firearm in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10(c). The only issue on appeal is the propriety of an amendment made before trial in the District Court to the complaint as originally sworn and signed by the complainant.
On May 1, 1978, the day of the District Court trial, the Commonwealth moved to amend the complaint, as sworn and signed, from charging that the defendant “did knowingly have in his possession a dangerous weapon, to wit, a Ruger .22 automatic, without being…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Commonwealth v. SeayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. AndlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Commonwealth v. AtencioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Commonwealth v. BurnsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SayaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- United States v. CaronDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1996
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