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COMMONWEALTH v. CANJURA

SJC-13432.

240 N.E.3d 213 (2024)

494 Mass. 508

COMMONWEALTH v. David E. CANJURA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

Decided August 27, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaitlyn Gerber, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Elisabeth Martino, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae: Andrea Joy Campbell, Attorney General, & Thomas E. Bocian, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Daniel L. Schmutter, of New Jersey, & Jason A. Guida for Knife Rights, Inc., & another.

Luke Ryan, Northampton & Claudia Leis Bolgen, Woburn, for River Valley Taekwondo & another.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

Since 1957, G. L. c. 269, § 10(b) (§ 10[b]), has prohibited people from possessing certain spring-release pocketknives, commonly known as "switchblades." In this case, we are asked to decide whether § 10(b)'s prohibition against carrying a switchblade...

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