Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Thompson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 29, 1981PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
In this appeal the defendant Anthony C. Thompson claims error (1) in the exclusion of evidence which was relevant to his defense of entrapment, and (2) in the instructions to the jury on the issue of entrapment. Thompson claims that as a result of the judge’s errors he is entitled to a new trial on a two-count indictment charging him with unlawfully carrying on his person a firearm less than sixteen inches in length, see G. L. c. 269, § 10 (a) (1) and (2), and of carrying on his person a rifle without a firearms identification card, G. L. c. 269, § 10 (a) (4) (3). The judge sentenced the…
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