Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Sweet

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 27, 1975No. Appeal, No. 331PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

Appellant was convicted by a jury of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.1 In this appeal he challenges as error the admission into evidence of the results of a breathalyzer chemical intoxication test, and asserts that the judge committed error in permitting certain cross-examination of a district magistrate.

At the trial two police officers testified to appellant’s demeanor at the time of his arrest. They testified that his *374vehicle veered across lanes of traffic, that when he was stopped he had difficulty getting out of his car, that…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LopinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. PetrakovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  4. State v. McGearyNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1974
  5. People v. Meikrantz, New York County Courts1974

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BensonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. SpeightsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. ShireySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. BoernerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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