Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 23, 1996No. 92-P-1728PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
Upon trial by jury in Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of the crime of carrying on his person a knife with a double-edged blade in violation of G. L. c. 269, *771§ 10(b).1 The defendant appeals from an order denying a new trial as well as from the original judgment of conviction.
Testimony at trial. The defendant Albert F. Smith was serving a five to seven year sentence for armed assault with intent to rob and on July 18, 1991, was housed at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk (M.C.I., Norfolk). On that day, about 6:05 p.m., the defendant, holding a brown paper bag,…
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- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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