Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sands
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 3, 1997PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
A District Court jury of six convicted the defendant, Paul J. Sands, of driving an automobile while under the influence of alcohol. See G. L. c. 90, § 24 (1) (e). The defendant appealed alleging error in (1) the admission of the results of the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) sobriety field test and (2) the admission of a statement made by him during booking. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion. We reverse and order a new trial.
*1851. Facts. We summarize the facts of this case as the jury could have found them. In the early morning of March 28, 1994, Massachusetts State Trooper…
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