Legal Opinion · Concurrence

State v. Cormier

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 27, 1945Published

1Concurrence

*314Concurring in result

Murchie, J.

I concur in overruling the exceptions and in those declarations in the opinion which indicate that motor vehicles operated by intoxicated persons are hazardous on driveways and private ways as in public places and that the drunken driving law is not curtailed in its field of operation by definitions appearing elsewhere in the statutes. The complaint charges the respondent with “driving” his automobile “on a certain driveway” leading out of a public highway. Webster defines “driving” as “handling an automobile or other vehicle on the road” or “on a journey” and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. VashonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1924
  2. Young v. BramanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1909
  3. State v. ConantSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1924

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