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Commonwealth v. Smith

SJC-13670
Argue Date: Monday March 3, 2025
*Summary:   Criminal; Firearms-- In a prosecution for carrying a firearm without a license, whether testimony from an employee of the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services who conducted a search of the records database that the defendant did not possess a license was admissible and whether the testimony satisfied the Commonwealth's burden to prove lack of a license.
Justices: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, Georges, Jr., Dewar, Wolohojian, JJ.
Appellant: Quentin Smith
Counsel for Appellant: Edward Crane, Esquire
Appellee: Commonwealth
Counsel for Appellee: Ellyn H. Lazar, A.D.A. Jesse-Paul Crane, Esquire
Court Appealed From: Worcester District, WO
Lower Court Judge: Pacifico M. DeCapua, Jr., J.
Route to SJC: Direct Appellate Review
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