Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Montgomery

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided November 14, 1986PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The defendant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a firearm, being a second and subsequent offense, and of the unlawful possession of ammunition.1 The defendant raises numerous grounds of appeal. We affirm the conviction on the carrying charge.

1. Motion to suppress. We take our facts from the findings dictated by the motion judge after hearing the testimony of Officer Sullivan, a Saugus police officer. After noticing a red glow reflected on the wall of a *910building from the brake lights of a car in a shopping center, Officer Sullivan observed a Mercedes Benz cruising slowly at about five miles…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. AlmeidaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  5. Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sekou v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
  2. Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. QuinnMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  4. Commonwealth v. MedeirosMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. AmendolaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1988

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