Massachusetts Appeals Court· 3/18/1981

Commonwealth v. Collins

Citations

417 N.E.2d 994
11 Mass. App. Ct. 583
1981 Mass. App. LEXIS 994

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sufficient evidence to support convictions of unlawful carrying of firearm under G. L. c. 269, § 10 [a], where firearms were found in trunk of car
defendant's evasive statements regarding access to automobile trunk evidenced constructive possession of firearm inside
inference warranted where firearms found in trunk of vehicle owned and operated by the defendant, who had ammunition for two of the guns in his pocket and had acknowledged having assisted his passengers in packing the trunk
inference that defendant had knowledge and control over firearms found in trunk of automobile warranted where vehicle was owned and operated by defendant, defendant possessed ammunition fitting two of the guns, and in light of statements made by defendant
defendant admitted assisting in loading trunk where contraband found

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Judges: Greaney, Rose, Dreben

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