COMMONWEALTH v. WALLACE


14 Mass. App. Ct. 358 (1982)

439 N.E.2d 848

COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD M. WALLACE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

September 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry P. Sorett for the defendant.

Robert L. Rossi, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GRANT, BROWN, & DREBEN, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

After taking chlordiazepoxide,1 a medication prescribed by his physician, the defendant was involved in an automobile accident. At his trial on complaints charging him with operating a motor vehicle "while under the influence of" drugs (G.L.c. 90, § 24[1][a]2) and with operating "a [motor] vehicle negligently so that the lives or safety...

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