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COMMONWEALTH v. SAYERS

438 Mass. 238 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. DOUGLAS T. SAYERS (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

December 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Greenbaum, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Meade G. Burrows for Frederick J. Fessenden, IV.

Frederic G. Bartmon for Douglas T. Sayers.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

CORDY, J.

In this case we hold that the prohibition against carrying a firearm on school grounds, set forth in G. L. c. 269, § 10 (j), applies to BB guns as well as other firearms.

1. Background. On February 19, 2001, a student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst reported to the university police that a man had carried a black firearm into a room of one of the dormitories. Responding to the report, the university police went to...

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