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· 4/7/1953

Cowan v. McDonnell

Citations

  • 111 N.E.2d 759
  • 330 Mass. 148
  • 1953 Mass. LEXIS 433

How courts have described this case

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

  • “We are unable to say as matter of law that the [words] ‘Odor of alcohol on breath’ could not relate to . . . medical history” [citation omitted]
  • no error in prosecutor’s reference, in closing argument in trial for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor, to hospital record which noted that there was a “strong odor of alcohol” about the defendant
  • all involving odor of alcohol

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Qua, Lummus, Spalding, Williams, Counihan

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