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Commonwealth v. Andrade

Citations

  • 453 N.E.2d 415
  • 389 Mass. 874
  • 1983 Mass. LEXIS 1619

How courts have described this case

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  • police failure to communicate statutory blood test right under G. L. c. 263, § 5A
  • “It is undisputed that the police officers did not attempt in any fashion to inform the defendant of his right to an independent examination under [G. L. c. 263, § 5A]”
  • \There is . . . no indication that the defendant was belligerent or otherwise so unwilling or unable to cooperate as to justify the failure to comply\
  • noncompliance may, however, be justified by exigent circumstances, by defendant’s inebriation such that notification would have been “futile,” and by evidence of defendant’s belligerence or inability or unwillingness to cooperate

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor

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