State v. McLaughlin

The defendant was convicted in Franklin District Court of driving while intoxicated, second offense. He was sentenced to serve thirty days at the house of correction, with twenty-three days suspended, was fined $500 plus a $50 penalty assessment, and had his driver’s license revoked for three years. Defendant appealed to Superior Court (O’Neil, J.), where he was convicted by a jury in a trial de novo. He received the same fine and penalty as before, and his license was again revoked for a three-year period, but he was sentenced to the house of correction for six months, four months suspended.…