Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Dean F. Donnell, Jr.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 11, 2025No. SJC-13561Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

COMMONWEALTH vs. DEAN F. DONNELL, JR.

Docket:

SJC-13561

Dates:

September 9, 2024 - March 11, 2025

Present:

Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, Georges, & Wolohojian, JJ.

County:

Middlesex

Keywords:

Firearms. License. Constitutional Law, Right to bear arms, Severability. Statute, Construction, Severability. Practice, Criminal, Dismissal

Complaint received and sworn to in the Lowell Division of the District Court Department on July 25, 2022.

A motion to dismiss was heard by John F. Coffey, J., and a motion for reconsideration was considered by him.

The Supreme Judicial Court…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. District of Columbia v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  3. McDonald v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  4. New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. BruenSupreme Court of the United States · 2022
  5. United States v. RahimiSupreme Court of the United States · 2024

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