Legal Opinion

State v. Vanassche

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided November 29, 1989PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLLINS, Justice.

The Defendant, Paul A. Vanassche appeals from a conviction by the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Brennan, J.) for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor, in violation of 29 M.R.S.A. § 1312-B (Pamph 1988). He was sentenced to forty-eight hours in jail and a $350 fine. We affirm the conviction.

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Before midnight on October 21, 1988, Vanassche was arrested in South Portland and charged with Operating Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquors. Va-nassche had been observed driving erratically, and upon being stopped exhibited many signs of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. HealdSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  2. State v. DesjardinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  3. State v. ThompsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
  4. State v. BishopSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  5. State v. StevensSupreme Court of Vermont · 1979

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. DechaineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
  2. Butler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. State v. GilmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010
  4. Cookson v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2011
  5. State v. MannionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994

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