Commonwealth v. Almeida

The only question which need be considered on this appeal is whether the trial judge erred in denying the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict which was presented at the close of the evidence offered by the Commonwealth (see Commonwealth v. Kelley, 370 Mass. 147, 149-150 [1976]; Commonwealth v. Clark, 378 Mass. 392, 403 [1979]) in support of a complaint which was clearly framed under one of the “carries on his person” provisions of G. L. c. 269, § 10(a) (as appearing in St. 1975, c. 113, § 2), rather than under the separate and distinct (Commonwealth v. Rider, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 775,…