Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cummings

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 18, 1985No. 00006 Harrisburg 1983PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*151HOFFMAN, Judge:

The sole issue on appeal is whether in a prosecution for driving in excess of the maximum speed limit, the Commonwealth may enter into evidence a photocopy of the certificate of timing device accuracy required by 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3368(d). We hold that the lower court correctly rejected the evidentiary offer of the photocopy in this case and, accordingly, affirm the order below dismissing the prosecution.

On November 10, 1981, appellee was driving his vehicle on Interstate 81 in Franklin County. Pennsylvania State Trooper Thomas A. Algatt, flying in a state police aircraft and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PerdokSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Commonwealth v. GernsheimerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. GusseySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MartoranoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. Commonwealth v. LittleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. DennySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. GordonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  5. Commonwealth v. CummingsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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