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COMMONWEALTH v. BROWN

SJC-12348.

479 Mass. 600 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH v. TYRIEK BROWN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

May 22, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Bates Riordan ( Theodore F. Riordan also present) for the defendant.

Michelle R. King , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

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

The primary issue presented in this appeal is whether the Commonwealth is required to prove a defendant knows that a firearm in his or her possession is loaded in order to be convicted of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm under G. L. c. 269, § 10 (n).

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