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Instruction 5.520, Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court
Failure to have ignition interlock device (G.L. c. 90, § 24S[a])
FAILURE TO HAVE IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE
G.L. c. 90, § 24S(a)
The defendant is charged with failing to have an ignition interlock
device.
In order to prove the defendant guilty of this offense, the
Commonwealth must prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First: That the defendant operated a motor vehicle;
Second: That (he) (she) did so on a (public way) (place to which
members of the public have access as invitees or licensees);
Third: That the motor vehicle driven by the defendant was not
equipped with a certified functioning ignition interlock device; and
Fourth: That (his) (her) license to operate was restricted to operating
only vehicles with such a device.
At this point, the jury must be instructed on the definitions of “Operation of a Motor Vehicle”
(Instruction 3.200) and “Public W ay” (Instruction 3.280).
The term “certified ignition interlock device” means an alcohol breath
screening device that prevents a vehicle from starting if it detects a blood
alcohol concentration over a preset limit of .02 or 20 mg of alcohol per 100
ml of blood.
History
Instruction 5.520, Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court (Issued May 2014). Published by the Administrative Office of the District Court, District Court Department of the Trial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on www.mass.gov. © 1988-2009 Administrative Office of the District Court; reproduced under its title-page permission ("You may freely reproduce or copy this work if you identify its source and any changes made to the original work"). Source: https://www.mass.gov/doc/5520-failure-to-have-ignition-interlock-device-gl-c-90-ss-24sa/download. Changes made: the text is extracted from the published PDF (verified by three extraction engines); the running headers, page numbers and line layout are removed, and a closing NOTES section, where printed, is carried as the note.
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