Appeals court probes sufficiency of evidence tying defendant to firearm-license records in Theron White case

The Massachusetts Appeals Court considered Oct. 1 whether the Commonwealth presented sufficient evidence to tie a CJIS licensing printout and officer testimony to the defendant in Commonwealth v. Theron White and whether the jury could reasonably infer the defendant knew the recovered revolver was loaded. Attorney Robert Prevento, representing the appellant, argued that the Commonwealth had not connected the CJIS record's name and date of birth to the defendant in the courtroom with adequate foundational testimony and that an admission about an out‑of‑state license, standing alone, was insufficient. “At the close of the Commonwealth's case, there was no evidence that that license belonged to that specific defendant,” Prevento told the panel. Assistant District Attorney Lindsay Conkey, arguing for…