Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Phillips

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided October 5, 1981PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHale, C.J.

The defendant has appealed from his conviction on a complaint charging him with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (G. L. c. 90, § 24[1][a]). After the denial of his motion to dismiss, which was based on the ground of former jeopardy, the defendant was tried before a jury of six in a District Court, found guilty and fined. The only issue raised on appeal is whether there was error in the denial of his motion to *487dismiss. The case is before us on an agreed statement of the record. Mass.R.A.P. 8(d), as amended, 378 Mass. 932 (1979).

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Arizona v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Serfass v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Jones v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. LudwigMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. ClemmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  2. Collins v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992

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