Commonwealth v. Smolow

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROWLEY, Judge:

Appellant was convicted at a hearing de novo in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County of violating § 3362(a)(2) of the Motor Vehicle Code (speeding), 75 Pa. C.S. § 3362(a)(2). Following denial of his post-trial motions, appellant was sentenced to pay a fine and costs totalling $117. Appellant then filed this timely appeal in which he seeks to have the judgment of sentence reversed.1

Briefly, the facts of the case are that on October 9, 1985, a Philadelphia Police Officer noticed that appellant was driving at what appeared to be an excessive rate of…