Commonwealth v. Jefferson

After a jury trial in the Central Division of the Boston Municipal Court Department, the defendants, Leslie Burton-Brown and Liquarry Jefferson, were convicted of carrying a firearm without a license, in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10 (a); possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10 (h); and possession of a loaded firearm, in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10 (n).1 The defendants appealed, and we granted their applications for direct appellate review. They challenge, among other issues, the sufficiency of the evidence that they possessed…