STATE v. COPELAND


391 A.2d 836 (1978)

STATE of Maine v. Frederick COPELAND.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

October 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cox, Dist. Atty., Gary F. Thorne, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), Bangor, for plaintiff.

Harold C. Hamilton, II (orally), Bangor, Sharma Trager, Law Student, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, DELAHANTY, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Frederick Copeland appeals from a Superior Court conviction in Penobscot County for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquors in violation of 29 M.R.S.A. § 1312(10). His sole ground for appeal is his claim that the conduct of the Bangor police deprived him of his due process and statutory right to a blood test, which might have tended to exculpate him. We deny the appeal.

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