Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Haley
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 15, 1986PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
A jury found the defendant, Haley, guilty of vehicular homicide and related crimes, and judgments of conviction entered in October, 1984. On this appeal, the facts need not be rehearsed in detail. The jury could readily have found the following in substance.
Some minutes after 2:15 a.m. on April 15, 1984, the defendant was driving his 1974 Chevrolet Vega at a speed of 50-55 miles per hour north on route 93. The car had no inspection sticker and was missing one functioning headlight; the treads on a couple of the tires were abraded. The defendant was extremely drunk (inferred from his drunken…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ConnollyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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- Commonwealth v. GagnonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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