State v. Hamel

[¶ 1] Dennis R. Hamel, acting pro se, appeals from a judgment entered in the District Court (West Bath, Griffiths, J.) following a non-jury trial. The court found that Hamel committed the civil violation of speeding fifteen to nineteen miles per hour over the limit, 29-A M.R.S. § 2073(3) (2006). Hamel argues that the court erred by admitting and relying on the testimony of the investigating police officer, which Hamel contends was not the product of the officer’s independent memory, but rather was based primarily on the officer’s notes. Hamel also contends that the court improperly prevented…