Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 18, 2012PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury of operating
a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of G. L. c. 90, § 24 (1) (a) (1). Prior to trial, the defendant moved in limine to admit evidence that, shortly after he had declined to take a breathalyzer test, he changed his mind and requested but was not given the test. The judge denied the *17motion, and at trial, the defendant neither proffered such evidence nor renewed his objection to its exclusion. The defendant appealed from his conviction, and we granted the Commonwealth’s application for direct appellate…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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