Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Goodwin

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County

Decided September 29, 1972No. 39Published

1Opinion of the Court

ACKER, J.,

Through a motion for new trial and in arrest of judgment, defendant desires to upset a jury verdict of guilty of driving while under the influence of intoxicating beverages. The evidence of intoxication was more than sufficient to permit a jury to conclude that on October 4, 1971, at about 7:40 p. m., defendant, while under the influence of intoxicating beverages, drove her vehicle into the back of a police vehicle stopped at the exit ramp from the Hickory Township Municipal Building. Although the story of defendant may not be labeled as incredible, it was to say the least unusual.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Toms v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952
  3. BILLOW v. Farmers Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  4. Commonwealth v. HartmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  5. Greiner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952

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