State v. Eid.

Opinion of the Court by

RECKTENWALD, J.

Hatem A. Eid was charged with excessive speeding in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291C-105(a)(l) (2007).1 The charge stemmed from an incident on September 19, 2007, when Officer Benjamin Perez allegedly paced Eid’s car with his own vehicle and concluded Eid was traveling 65 miles-per-hour (mph) in a 25 mph zone. Prior to that incident, Officer Perez had “speed checks” conducted on his vehicle at Roy’s Kalihi Automotive Center & Towing (Roy’s Automotive), on April 5, 2007 and July 23, 2007. Those cheeks were intended to establish that the…