Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Howe
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 10, 1989PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant, convicted by a jury of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, presents three issues in his appeal, which we transferred here on our own motion. He first claims that his arrest was unlawful because a deputy sheriff arrested him without authority to do so. The other two issues concern the admission of the results of a blood alcohol test and objections to the prosecutor’s closing jury argument. We affirm the judgment.
*3331. We summarize the stipulated facts bearing on the lawfulness of the defendant’s arrest by a deputy sheriff. The defendant was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LamriniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. GormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commonwealth v. GriseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. HoggMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Muniz v. MehlmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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