COMMONWEALTH v. FORD

No. 20-P-1334.

100 Mass. App. Ct. 712 (2022)

COMMONWEALTH v. LINCOLN FORD.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts.

February 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elisabeth Martino, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Matthew Spurlock, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Alexa Van Brunt, of Illinois, Jonathan Manes & Tania Brief, of New York, & Christopher T. Bavitz, for Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Green, C.J., Singh, & Grant, JJ.


The defendant was charged with various firearm offenses after an investigatory stop and patfrisk revealed that he was unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm. Following an evidentiary hearing, a District Court judge allowed the defendant's motion to suppress on the ground that the stop...

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