| Docket # | SJC-10480 |
| Date | November 5, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary
(prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Criminal; Constitutional Law-- The Commonwealth is appealing the dismissal of a criminal complaint for possession of a firearm on the basis that the defendant had a constitutional right to possess the firearm in his home. |
| Appealed From | Lowell District Court, Middlesex County, Justice Geoffrey C. Packard |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Runyan: |
| Amici Curiae | Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence; International Brotherhood of Police; Legal Community Against Violence; Massachusetts Million Mom March; Stop Handgun Violence; Gun Owners Action League; Attorney General; Berkshire County District Attorney; Bristol County District Attorney; Cape and Islands District Attorney; Eastern District Attorney; Hampden County District Attorney; District Attorney for the Middle District; District Attorney for Norfolk County; District Attorney for the Northwestern District; District Attorney for Plymouth County; Executive Office of Health and Human Services (Massachusetts); Department of Public Health; Suffolk County District Attorney |
