Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Summers

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided September 7, 2017No. 16–P–1343PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBlake, J.

*260Following a jury-waived trial in the District Court, the defendant, Charles E. Summers, was convicted of carrying a firearm without a license and unlawful possession of ammunition.2 The defendant appeals, contending that the evidence that he possessed these items was insufficient as a matter of law. We *261affirm.

Background. Taking the evidence, and the reasonable inferences to be drawn from it, in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, see Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 676-677, 393 N.E.2d 370 (1979), the Commonwealth presented the following facts. At 10:15 A.M. on August 3,…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  3. United States v. Larry Allen MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2019
  2. Commonwealth v. HunterMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018

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