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COMMONWEALTH v. THOMPSON

382 Mass. 379 (1981)

416 N.E.2d 497

COMMONWEALTH vs. ANTHONY C. THOMPSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Courtney for the defendant.

John Gibbons, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

ABRAMS, J.

In this appeal the defendant Anthony C. Thompson claims error (1) in the exclusion of evidence which was relevant to his defense of entrapment, and (2) in the instructions to the jury on the issue of entrapment. Thompson claims that as a result of the judge's errors he is entitled to a new trial on a two-count indictment charging him with unlawfully carrying on his person a firearm less than sixteen inches in...

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