BROWN, J.
The defendant was convicted of carrying a dangerous weapon prohibited by G.L.c. 269, § 10 (b), as amended through St. 1983, c. 516, § 2; to wit, a "dirk knife." On appeal he claims that his motion for a required finding of not guilty was improperly denied and that the jury instructions regarding the definition of a dirk knife were erroneous. We reverse the conviction.
The statute does not define the term "dirk knife." As is the usual...
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