Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Adonsoto
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 16, 2016No. SJC 11978PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
The defendant, Glenis A. AdonSoto, was convicted by a jury of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, G. L. c. 90, § 24 (1) (a) (1). The defendant, whose native language is Spanish, was stopped in the early morning hours of July 22, 2012, by a Stoughton police officer in response to a telephone call from a concerned driver. After the defendant was arrested and transported to the police station, the police secured the services of a telephonic language interpreter service to read the defendant her rights and instruct her on how to perform the breathalyzer…
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