Massachusetts Appeals Court· 9/1/1982

Commonwealth v. Wallace

Citations

439 N.E.2d 848
14 Mass. App. Ct. 358
1982 Mass. App. LEXIS 1438

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recognizing “ ‘involuntary intoxication by medicine’ ” as “the condition of a defendant who has taken prescribed drugs with severe unanticipated effects”
holding that “[t]he defendant, on a new trial, will be entitled to an instruction that he may not be convicted” in a driving while intoxicated case “unless he knew or had reason to know of the possible effects of the drug on his driving abilities”
discussing the mental element of chapter 90, section 24(1)(a)(1) of the Massachusetts General Laws and finding that, to be convicted under this statute, an alien must have known, or had reason to know, of the possible effects of a drug or alcohol on his driving abilities

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