City of Cincinnati v. Dowling

This cause came on to be heard upon the appeal from the Hamilton County Municipal Court.

On January 15, 1986, the appellant, Donald C. Dowling, Jr., was issued a citation for speeding pursuant to Cincinnati Municipal Code Section 506-8. Upon trial without intervention of a jury, the appellant was found guilty on May 7, 1986, and was sentenced in accordance with the ordinance.

The single assignment of error is that the court committed reversible error by judicially noticing the reliability of K-55 radar. The appendant query given us by the appellant is whether a criminal court may base a guilty…