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COMMONWEALTH v. ASHFORD

SJC-12874.

486 Mass. 450 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH v. LEE W. ASHFORD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

December 16, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy St. Lawrence for the defendant.

B. Patrick Nevins , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Jessica LaClair , for Paris Tillery, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Michael Tumposky , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

When State police troopers attempted to stop the defendant's vehicle for speeding, he fled, first in the vehicle and then on foot. After he was apprehended, police recovered drugs they saw him throw into a Dumpster as well as a loaded gun from a bag on the rear seat of the vehicle. On appeal, the defendant argues that our holding in...

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