COMMONWEALTH v. McFARLANE

SJC-13430.

493 Mass. 385 (2024)

COMMONWEALTH v. DENZEL McFARLANE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

January 23, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence J. Cohen for the defendant.

Rebecca A. Jacobstein , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services & another.

David L. Sheppard-Brick , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Patrick Hanley ( Elizabeth K. Keeley also present) for State Police Association of Massachusetts.

Shoshana E. Stern , Assistant District Attorney, for District Attorney for the Bristol District & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

John P. Zanini & Cailin M. Campbell , Assistant District Attorneys, for District Attorney for the Plymouth District & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


On February 11, 2020, the defendant, Denzel Mcfarlane, was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and other related charges by a jury in the Springfield Division of the District Court Department.2 Ten days later, Officer Daniel Moynahan of the Springfield police department, who had arrested and testified...

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