COMMONWEALTH v. STATHAM

No. 93-P-965.

38 Mass. App. Ct. 582 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH vs. LENWARD STATHAM.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. Farris for the defendant.

Ralph C. Martin, II, District Attorney, & Katherine E. McMahon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth, submitted a brief.

Present: BROWN, JACOBS, & PORADA, JJ.


JACOBS, J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction by a District Court jury of unlawful possession of a firearm, G.L.c. 269, § 10(a),1 essentially claiming the judge erred in his instructions to the jury. Because the defendant did not register an appropriate objection or exception to the charge during the trial, we review to determine whether there was a substantial risk...

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