Commonwealth v. Stathopoulos

Three complaints were issued out of a District Court variously charging the defendant with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (third offence) (G. L. c. 90, § 24[l][a][l], as appearing in St. 1982, c. 373, § 2 1), operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of narcotic drugs (same statute), and operating a motor vehicle negligently so that the lives or safety of the public might be endangered (G. L. c. 90, § 24[2][a], as most recently amended by St. 1975, c. 156, § l1 2). Following a bench trial, the defendant was acquitted of operating under the…