Commonwealth v. Correia

On appeal from his conviction of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, G. L. c. 90, § 24(2)(a), the defendant claims error in the denial of his motion to dismiss the complaint. The sole question presented by this appeal is whether a citation *781for an automobile law violation witnessed by an off-duty State police trooper on a Saturday afternoon, and delivered in hand to the defendant on the following Tuesday morning, at the close of the trooper’s first shift after returning to work, was delivered in a timely manner. The governing statute, G. L. c. 90C, § 2, provides that, in most situations,…