People v. Echols

Opinion

MARSHALL, J.

In this case a helicopter was the instrument used by the police to establish the speed of the defendant. The defendant appealed from his conviction for speeding and raised the defense that the helicopter and the procedure used by it constituted a speed trap.

Affirmance is dictated by In re Beamer (1955) 133 Cal.App.2d 63, 68 [283 P.2d 356]. In that decision, Mr. Justice Peters declared that the *Supp. 3only type of “speed trap” prohibited by section 751 of the Vehicle Code (now §§ 40801, 40802 and 40803) is one possessed of four characteristics:

“(1) A particular section of a…