Case Name: State of Maine vs. Ralph E. Desmond
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1961-04-21
Citations: 157 Me. 172
Docket Number: 
Parties: State of Maine vs. Ralph E. Desmond
Judges: Sitting: Williamson, C. J., Webber, Tapley, Sullivan, Dubord, Siddall, JJ.
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 157
Pages: 172–173

Head Matter:
State of Maine vs. Ralph E. Desmond
Somerset.
Opinion, April 21, 1961.

Opinion:
Per curiam.
The respondent was charged with operating a motor vehicle on a public highway in Fairfield while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The case was tried before a jury. At the conclusion of the evidence in the case respondent made a motion for a directed verdict. The motion was denied by the presiding justice and respondent filed excep tions. These exceptions present the only issue before this court. The respondent claims that the evidence was insufficient to prove operation or that the respondent was under the influence of intoxicating liquor. A careful examination of the record discloses ample evidence to justify a jury in finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the respondent did operate an automobile as charged in the complaint and that he was at the time of such operation under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
Stuart Hayes, for plaintiff.
Anthony Cirillo, for defendant.
The entry will be
Exceptions overruled Judgment for the State.
Sitting: Williamson, C. J., Webber, Tapley, Sullivan, Dubord, Siddall, JJ.