Massachusetts Appeals Court· 10/13/2009

Commonwealth v. Mendes

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75 Mass. App. Ct. 390
914 N.E.2d 348
2009 Mass. App. LEXIS 1231

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three audible shots, three empty casings, and smell of gunpowder established operability of gun beyond reasonable doubt
police heard shots and soon found gun, which smelled of gunpowder as if recently fired and contained both live bullets and spent shell casings
“independent evidence [that] included testimony of three audible shots, the three empty casings, and the smell of gunpowder” was sufficient to render harmless admission of ballistics certificate
evidence of operability included three audible shots, three empty casings
“The strength of the independent evidence of the operability of the handgun shows beyond a reasonable doubt the harmlessness of the admission of the certificate. That independent evidence included testimony of three audible shots, the three empty casings, and the smell of gunpowder”
“The strength of the independent evidence of the operability of the handgun shows beyond a reasonable doubt the harmlessness of the admission of the certificate. That independent evidence included testimony of three audible shots, the three empty casings, and the smell of gunpowder”

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