City of Lee's Summit v. Lawson

TURNAGE, Judge.

David Lawson was convicted after a trial de novo by the court of violating the ordinances of the City of Lee’s Summit by driving under the influence of alcohol. On this appeal Lawson challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction and claims that the City failed to properly prove certain ordinances before they were introduced in evidence. Reversed and remanded.

An off duty Lee’s Summit police officer testified that in December, 1979, he observed a car traveling at a high rate of speed at the intersection of two streets where the officer’s home is located.…