State v. Lawrence

The case is reported to us to decide questions of law raised by the complaint, plea of former conviction, demurrer and joinder. The complaint charges operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The conviction was for the offense of being found intoxicated in a public place.

For our purposes the State has admitted by its demurrer that both charges arose from the same acts of the defendant and in the same transaction. State v. Jellison, 104 Me. 281, 71 Atl. 716. We reach the merits of the case without consideration of objections to the sufficiency of the plea…