COMMONWEALTH v. CASSIDY

SJC-12350.

479 Mass. 527 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOHN CASSIDY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

May 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Cassidy, pro se.

Mary E. Lee , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

David Rangaviz , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Erickson Resende, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

William Burns, pro se, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


The defendant lawfully purchased an AK-47-style pistol and a nine millimeter pistol in Texas and brought them with him when he moved to Massachusetts in August, 2010, to attend law school. At some point between that time and his March 11, 2011, arrest, the defendant was advised by a classmate...

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