State v. Standish

The defendant was convicted in the Nashua District Court of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. RSA 262-A:62 (Supp. 1975; Laws 1971, 269:1). He appealed to the superior court and, prior to trial, moved to suppress evidence of the result of a blood test on the ground that it was the product of an illegal arrest. Bois, J., denied the motion and reserved and transferred the defendant’s exceptions.

On January 14, 1973, Sergeant Slattery of the Nashua Police Department came to the scene of an accident in Nashua. He found the defendant at the wheel of a car…