RAMIREZ v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-12340.

479 Mass. 331 (2018)

JORGE RAMIREZ v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 17, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin H. Keehn , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Jorge Ramirez.

Kathryn Leary , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GANTS, C.J., GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


We once again confront the question whether the absolute criminal prohibition of civilian possession of a stun gun, in violation of G. L. c. 140, § 131J, violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is applied to the States by its incorporation into the Fourteenth Amendment. In Commonwealth v.

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