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Commonwealth v. Riley

Citations

  • 497 N.E.2d 651
  • 22 Mass. App. Ct. 698
  • 1986 Mass. App. LEXIS 1802

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  • results of blood test ordered by physician to assist in determining defendant’s medical condition, admissible
  • blood alcohol test admitted where ordered by doctor to distinguish between head injury and inebriation
  • hospital record containing blood test result admissible because it was ordered for medical reasons
  • no right to confrontation where doctor ordered blood alcohol level test for treatment purposes
  • right to appeal in criminal case arises only after sentence is imposed
  • tests performed for identical medical reasons were admissible

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Kass, Smith, Warner

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