Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. St. Hilaire
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 4, 1997No. 96-P-1948PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGillerman, J.
The defendant was the operator of an automobile involved in a head-on collision on Route 20 in Marlborough on July 2, 1994, at 4:30 p.m. The passenger in the defendant’s car was critically injured in the accident. An elderly couple in the second vehicle ¿so suffered serious injuries.
On November 16, 1994, a Middlesex County grand jury returned an indictment against the defendant charging him with operating a motor vehicle recklessly or negligently and while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, so that the lives or safety of the public might be endangered. See G. L. c. 90, § 24L.1
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