Commonwealth v. Stallions

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• jury could determine whether revolver was capable of discharging bullet without any evidence that revolver had been tested and found operable
• where revolver and cartridges admitted as exhibits accompanied by testimony concerning them, no expert testimony needed for jury to determine whether revolver operable under statute
• in prosecution for unlawfully carrying a firearm, jury could infer operability without the aid of expert testimony that weapon had been tested and found to be a real \firearm\
• defendant's taking gun, walking fifteen to twenty feet, and returning gun within one to two minutes of having taken it \far more than momentary\
• it was more than temporary possession when defendant placed firearm under his belt, walked fifteen or twenty feet and back
• in prosecution for unlawfully carrying a firearm, jury could infer operability without the aid of expert testimony that weapon had been tested and found to be a real \firearm\

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