State v. Heins

The sole proposition raised for our review is whether a State Highway Patrol officer who conducts speed checks from an aircraft for the purpose of monitoring compliance with traffic laws is competent to testify under the dictates of Evid.R. 601(C) and various sections of R.C. Chapter 4549. For the reasons which follow, we hold that such an officer is competent to testify.

Evid.R. 601 provides in pertinent part:

“Every person is competent to be a witness except:

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“(C) An officer, while on duty for the exclusive or main purpose of enforcing traffic laws, arresting or assisting in the arrest…