State v. Bechtel

This is an appeal from defendant-appellant’s conviction for speeding. The trial court took judicial notice of the accuracy and reliability of the model K-55 moving radar unit. We affirm.

Richard Lucas, a trooper with the Ohio State Patrol, clocked the defendant at sixty-seven miles per hour in a fifty-five mile per hour zone. The defendant acknowledged going sixty-three miles per hour, but denied going sixty-seven. Lucas testified as to the readings on his radar unit, his calibration of the radar unit and his qualifications for using the unit. Lucas testified over the defendant’s objection…