Goldstein v. State

RAKER, Judge.

The issue in this criminal case is the admissibility of readings from a device that uses lasers to measure the speed of motor vehicles. We shall affirm the trial court’s rulings and the petitioner’s conviction.

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Petitioner David Ellis Goldstein was issued a citation on July 17, 1992, charging him with traveling seventy-four miles per hour in a fifty-five mile per hour zone, in violation of Maryland Code (1977, 1992 Repl.Vol., 1994 Cum.Supp.) § 21-801.1 of the Transportation Article. An officer of the Howard County Police Department clocked petitioner’s vehicle with the LTI 20-20,…