MacDONNEL v. COMMONWEALTH


353 Mass. 277 (1967)

230 N.E.2d 821

WALTER MacDONNEL vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 9, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Chisholm for the petitioner.

Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General, & Willie J. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


CUTTER, J.

This petition for a writ of error to reverse a conviction for drunkenness was reserved by the single justice without decision for the determination of the full court. The case is before us on the petition, assignments of error, answer, return, and a statement of agreed facts.

MacDonnel was arrested on February 7, 1966, charged with drunkenness. See G.L.c. 272, §§ 44, 45 (as amended through St...

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