Commonwealth v. Furr’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 4 district · 9 state decisions

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1. “violent crimes” charged under the armed career criminal statute were Furr's juvenile adjudications for armed carjacking, kidnapping, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. See Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 269, § 10G(a) & (e); Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 140, § 121 . 3 . Furthermore, we reject the subsidiary contention that the trial court did not give an adequate limiting instruction, in that it failed to tell the jury in so many words that they could not consider the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Furr v. Brady

2. “[Defendant] also argues that [§ ] 10G is vague.... Prescinding from the question whether the defendant waived these points by not raising them in the Juvenile Court, neither has potency. Our discussion, interpretation, and application of § 10G in this case dispose of the claim that it [viz., § 10G] is unfathomable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Furr v. Brady

3. “any act of juvenile delinquency involving the use or possession of a deadly weapon that would be punishable by imprisonment for such term if committed by an adult.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Baez