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· 1/7/1988

Commonwealth v. Stathopoulos

Citations

  • 517 N.E.2d 450
  • 401 Mass. 453
  • 1988 Mass. LEXIS 5

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “In criminal cases, there may be more than one efficient or proximate cause of the prohibited result”
  • even where instructions mentioned a mixture of alcohol and drugs, the jury could not have understood the charge to negate the requirement of a causal relationship between alcohol consumption and a diminished ability to drive safely

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

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