Commonwealth v. Williams

These are cross appeals following a trial without jury in the District Court on a three-count complaint charging the defendant with misdemeanor vehicular homicide by operation while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (GUI) (G. L. c. 90, § 24G[6]),1 operating a motor vehicle so as to endanger (G. L. c. 90, § 24[2][a]), and a civil motor vehicle infraction for failure to yield at an intersection (G. L. c. 89, § 8). The parties’ claims essentially question whether the trial judge could lawfully find the defendant guilty of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation so as…