Massachusetts Appeals Court· 4/25/2011
Commonwealth v. Patterson
Citations
- 79 Mass. App. Ct. 316
- 946 N.E.2d 130
- 2011 Mass. App. LEXIS 595
- 2011 WL 1520025
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- purpose of § 131L [a] is “to guard against the use of firearms by unauthorized, incompetent, or irresponsible persons”
- purpose of storage statute is to guard against use of firearms by “unauthorized, incompetent, or irresponsible persons”
- “statute’s storage requirement placed no meaningful restraint on the defendant’s ability to use the gun in lawful self-defense if for no other reason than that he himself placed it where it could not be quickly reached”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Wolohojian
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6 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. ReyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-01-29· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. McGowanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-01-29· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-09-22· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. CantelliMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-01-24· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. LoveringMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-02-17· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. QadirMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-05-21
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
- Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 2006-06-19· cited 4,179×
- District of Columbia v. HellerSupreme Court· 2008-06-26· cited 3,086×
- McDonald v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court· 2010-06-28· cited 2,024×
- Michigan v. BryantSupreme Court· 2011-02-28· cited 1,277×
- Jupin v. KaskMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-06-30· cited 195×
- Commonwealth v. GonsalvesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-08-29· cited 89×
- Kobrin v. GastfriendMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-01-20· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-06· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. LeeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-09-17· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. RunyanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-10· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. OsborneMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-11-01· cited 8×
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