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Appeals Court Hears Challenge to Search, Consent and Firearm Licensing in Commonwealth v. Verde
Summary
Appellant counsel Ian Kahanowitz told the Appeals Court the trial judge erred denying a motion to suppress after officers entered an apartment and seized a gun, arguing consent was coerced; the Commonwealth countered that the record shows the defendant was calm and cooperative. Justices pressed both sides on whether consent occurred while weapons remained pointed at the defendant.
Boston — The Massachusetts Appeals Court heard argument on Feb. 4 in 25P502, Commonwealth v. Christian Verde, over whether the trial judge erred by denying a motion to suppress and whether the unlawful-possession verdict must be vacated because of defects in the state’s pre-2022 licensing scheme.
Ian Kahanowitz, attorney for the appellant Christian Verde, told the panel he presented two issues: the denial of the suppression motion and a challenge to the conviction under G.L. c. 269 § 10(a) tied to the nonresident licensing scheme in effect in 2021. "They did not have . . . the right not to consent,"…
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