COMMONWEALTH v. ALMEIDA


373 Mass. 266 (1977)

366 N.E.2d 756

COMMONWEALTH vs. PEDRO ALMEIDA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Taylor (Roger Geller with her) for the defendant.

John Glynn, Special Assistant District Attorney (James M. Lynch, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & LIACOS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

On September 3, 1976, the defendant Pedro Almeida was found guilty after trial in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston on two complaints: one charging him with unlawful possession of a firearm under G.L.c. 269, § 10, and another charging him with possession of a firearm with the serial number defaced under G.L.c. 269, § 11C. The defendant appealed to the Superior Court, and a District Court judge, sitting in that court under statutory...

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