Commonwealth v. Coughlin

The defendant Brian L. Coughlin was found guilty after trial on September 26, 1974, in the Central District Court of Worcester on two complaints, one charging him with having operated a motor vehicle on Lake Avenue, Worcester, on July 4, 1974, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (G. L. c. 90, § 24 [1][o]), the other with having failed, evidently as part of the same incident, to observe a traffic signal in violation of a city ordinance. The defendant was fined $100 for the former offense (with an assessment of $25) and $10 for the latter. He claimed his appeals to the Superior…