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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Merrill

Massachusetts Appellate Division, Southern District
Feb 13, 1989
1989 Mass. App. Div. 22 (Mass. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

Opinion

February 13, 1989.

Present: Black, P.J., Shubow Dolan, JJ.

Practice, Civil, Motor vehicle infraction; Finding of "responsibility;" Lack of legal issues.

Report of court's denial of defendant's appeal. Action heard in the Orleans Division by Robert Welsh, Jr., J.

State police for the Commonwealth.

Josiah L. Merrill, III, pro se.


This case involves a claim of appeal by Josiah L. Merrill, III, from a finding of "responsible" by a trial judge, affirming a similar finding by the Clerk-Magistrate of the Orleans Division on a Civil Motor Vehicle Infraction issued by a State Police Officer alleging that the appellant was operating a motor vehicle with an out-of-date inspection sticker. The appellant was assessed a fine. On appeal, the appellant acknowledges that he "purposefully didn't get a new inspection sticker for unrelated reasons."

A review of the case file indicates that the appellant has raised a significant number of issues involving a wide variety of matters having nothing to do with the trial judge's finding of "responsible" in this case. By his own admission, the appellant was operating a motor vehicle with an out-of-date inspection sticker and acknowledges that he intentionally did so. Therefore, there is no "issue of law" presented to this court as it relates to the Civil Motor Vehicle Infraction. The appeal, therefore, is denied.


Summaries of

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Merrill

Massachusetts Appellate Division, Southern District
Feb 13, 1989
1989 Mass. App. Div. 22 (Mass. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)
Case details for

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Merrill

Case Details

Full title:Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Josiah L. Merrill, III

Court:Massachusetts Appellate Division, Southern District

Date published: Feb 13, 1989

Citations

1989 Mass. App. Div. 22 (Mass. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)