Legal Opinion
State v. O'BRIEN
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 11, 1980No. 78-39-C.APublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBevilacqua, C.J.
This is a criminal appeal in which the defendant, James R. O’Brien, claims three instances of reversible error in a Superior Court jury trial that resulted in his conviction for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §31-27-2, as amended by P.L. 1974, ch. 120, §2, and for driving to endanger, death resulting, in violation of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §31-27-1, as amended by P.L. 1978, eh. 208, §2.
The prosecution witnesses and defendant, who took the stand, testified uniformly to the following sequence of events. At approximately…
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