Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Rivet

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 28, 1991No. 90-P-877PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Scott Rivet was convicted on two counts of motor vehicle homicide while intoxicated, G. L. c. 90, § 24G(a), two counts of manslaughter, G. L. c. 265, § 13, and operating under the influence and causing serious bodily *974injury, G. L. c. 90, § 24L(1).1 His appeal claims four errors: (1) there was no probable cause to arrest; (2) a blood test reflecting his blood alcohol level should not have been admitted in evidence; (3) certain medical records should not have been admitted; and (4) the motor vehicle homicide indictments should have been dismissed because they are duplicative of the manslaughter…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GullickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  2. Commonwealth v. WoodenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. LettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. HiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  5. Commonwealth v. MarleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LampronMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
  2. Finucane v. Town of BelchertownDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1992
  3. Commonwealth v. NicholsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
  4. Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Superior Court · 2005
  5. Commonwealth v. PrivetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2023

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