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Commonwealth v. Sargent

Citations

  • 512 N.E.2d 285
  • 24 Mass. App. Ct. 657
  • 1987 Mass. App. LEXIS 2108

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  • results admissible because blood test taken pursuant to hospital’s routine procedures
  • blood test result in hospital record would have been sufficient to put the case to the jury without other evidence, even though not qualified for “prima facie evidence” status pursuant to the last sentence of G.L.c. 24(l)(e)
  • doctors explained routine hospital practice and reason for that standard procedure
  • noting difference between serum alcohol reading and blood alcohol reading

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Judges: Greaney, Grant, Perretta

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