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Commonwealth v. Adams

SJC-12620
Argue Date: Monday January 7, 2019
*Summary:   Criminal-- Whether Massachusetts recognizes the common law crime of interfering with a police officer in the lawful performance of duties; whether there was sufficient evidence that the police officers were in lawful performance of their duties when the defendant refused to surrender his firearms.
Justices: Gants, C.J., Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, Kafker, JJ.
Appellant: Mark Adams
Counsel for Appellant: William A. Korman, Esquire Ilir Kavaja, Esquire
Appellee: Commonwealth
Counsel for Appellee: Thomas D. Ralph, A.D.A. Robert J. Bender, A.D.A. Nicole Marie Nixon, A.D.A. Melissa Weisgold Johnsen, A.D.A.
Court Appealed From: Lowell District, MI
Lower Court Judge:
Route to SJC: Sua Sponte Transfer from Appeals Court
Amici Curiae: Committee for Public Counsel Ser., Lawyers for Civil Rights , American Civil Liberties Union

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