Possess Firearm in the Commission of a Felony, Possess Large Capacity Firearm, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine
Mar 19, 2019OUTCOME: Not Guilty of all gun charges
Client was initially charged with shooting two women in their mid-forties in the South End. He was indicted only on Possession of a Firearm in the Commission of Felony, Possession of a Large Capacity F ... irearm, Carrying a Firearm, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine after the prosecutor decided he shot in self-defense. A police sergeant saw client running after hearing 2-3 shots fired and found him hiding behind a car bleeding from a gunshot wound along with a high-capacity pistol under the car. Client’s blood was on the gun and his fingerprint was on the gun’s holster that police recovered back at the scene of the shooting. Police determined that the gun and holster were sold as a set at a store and the buyer admitted to selling them to a man in Boston with a description that matched the client. Doctors found 13 bags of cocaine in client’s underwear during surgery. Client was facing a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years if convicted of possessing the gun. However, he was only convicted on the drug possession charge after Attorney Leon attacked police investigation and used a necessity defense to argue to the jury that client only possessed the gun because he disarmed the shooter after he was shot and ran away with it to prevent further injury. Client was found Not Guilty of all gun charges after the jury trial.
