Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/12/1982

Commonwealth v. Moreira

Citations

434 N.E.2d 196
385 Mass. 792
1982 Mass. LEXIS 1376

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\a verdict of not guilty cannot be directed against the Commonwealth if the only evidence introduced is a positive breathalyzer test\
“a verdict of not guilty cannot be directed against the Commonwealth if the only evidence introduced is a positive breathalyzer test”
“it is inappropriate to instruct the jury on the burden of production because such a matter lies outside the function of the jury”
\A jury may infer that a defendant was under the influence of liquor if [she] scored a reading\ over the legal limit
“The test is what a reasonable juror could have understood the charge to mean, not what he was likely to understand”; emphasis in original
whether defendant under the influence of intoxicating liquor

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

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