COMMONWEALTH v. MARTIN

SJC-10420

457 Mass. 14 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMAL MARTIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy H. Sibbison (Pamela S. Segre with her) for the defendant.

Kathleen Celio, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Brownlow M. Speer, Committee for Public Counsel Services, & James F. Tierney, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

John Reinstein, Charles Ogletree, Robert J. Smith, Harry T. Daniels, & Kevin S. Prussia, for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.


CORDY, J.

After a jury-waived trial in the Central Division of the Boston Municipal Court Department, the defendant, Jamal Martin, was convicted of carrying a firearm without a license, in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10 (a); carrying a loaded firearm, in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10 (n); and assault and battery on a police officer, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13D.1 He appealed from the denial of his...

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