COMMONWEALTH v. CUFFEE

SJC-13333.

492 Mass. 25 (2023)

COMMONWEALTH, v. KIESON CUFFEE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

May 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Molly Ryan Strehorn for the defendant.

John A. Wendel , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Chauncey B. Wood , Kevin S. Prussia , Timothy A. Cook , Asma S. Jaber , & Douglas J. Plume , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Radha Natarajan , Katharine Naples-Mitchell , Audrey Murillo , Matthew R. Segal , Jessie J. Rossman , & Alexandra Arnold , for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Inc., & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of unlawful possession of a firearm, in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10(a).

The charge arose from an investigation by two Springfield police detectives into a report of a shooting in a crowded residential area, and the subsequent discovery...

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