Opinion ID: 195990
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Heading: Other Guns

Text: 8 After the shooting, an arresting officer retrieved a set of keys from Powell. The keys were to a two-bedroom apartment at Fairlawn Estates in the Mattapan section of Boston. The police obtained a search warrant for the apartment, and executed the warrant the same night as the shooting. The search turned up two additional weapons: a fully-loaded black Taurus 9 mm. semi-automatic pistol with an obliterated serial number; and a .38 caliber derringer loaded with two rounds of ammunition. The Taurus was hidden in a laundry basket located in the apartment's master bedroom. The derringer was hidden on a closet shelf in the second bedroom. 9 Although Powell claimed to be nothing more than a sporadic visitor to the Fairlawn Estates apartment, the evidence, taken in a light most favorable to the government, established that Powell and Boykins (Powell's girlfriend) were living there at the time of the shooting. Powell and Boykins had signed a rental application, lease, lease addendum, and rules and regulations acknowledgment for the apartment in August, 1992. Moreover, Boykins told the grand jury that she and Powell (along with their two children) were living in the apartment, and that she and Powell shared the master bedroom. This testimony was introduced at trial. Finally, the evidence showed that Powell's name was on the mailbox for the apartment; that only Powell and Boykins had keys to the apartment; that Powell had personally visited the Fairlawn Estates apartment manager's office on at least two occasions in the months prior to the shooting; and that Powell had once telephoned the apartment manager and made an oral request that repairs be made to the apartment. Boykins testified that Powell's cousin and her children also were staying at the apartment around the time of the shooting. Powell testified that his cousin's husband was staying there as well.