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COMMONWEALTH v. COUTURE

407 Mass. 178 (1990)

552 N.E.2d 538

COMMONWEALTH vs. PAUL R. COUTURE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 9, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheryl A. Jacques, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

P. Scott Bratton for the defendant.

Robert Dowlut of the District of Columbia & Karen L. MacNutt, for National Rifle Association of America, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

LIACOS, C.J.

The Commonwealth appeals from a judge's allowance of the defendant's motion to suppress a handgun which was uncovered during a warrantless search of the defendant's motor vehicle. A single justice of this court allowed the Commonwealth's application for interlocutory review and reported the case to the full court. We affirm the ruling of the motion judge.

The facts of the case, as found by the motion...

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