State v. DeCristofaro

This is a criminal complaint charging that the defendant did on February 5, 1963 drive and operate a vehicle upon a public highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor to a degree that rendered him incapable of safely operating said vehicle.1 After conviction in a district court, the case was tried on appeal to a justice of the superior court sitting with a jury. Following a verdict of guilty, the defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied and the case is now before us on his exceptions to the denial of that motion, to the refusal of the trial justice to direct a verdict in his…