Legal Opinion
City of Bellevue v. Hellenthal
Washington Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 2001No. 69881-3PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMadsen, J.
— The City of Bellevue urges that a certificate authenticating a radar speed measuring device need not be prepared by a police officer to be admissible under IRLJ 6.6(b), and that the trial court may consider such a certificate in a contested hearing on a traffic infraction in the absence of a prosecuting attorney. We agree, and accordingly reverse the King County Superior Court and reinstate the trial court findings that the respondents committed traffic infractions of speeding.
FACTS
On September 26, 1998, Officer Deaner of the Bellevue Police Department obtained a radar-measured reading that…
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