Commonwealth v. Tirpak

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that his conviction under the Motor Vehicle Code for operating on the highway a vehicle exceeding the prescribed weight limit must be reversed because insufficient evidence exists to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the scales to which the police directed him to proceed for weighing were within 2 miles of the place where his vehicle was stopped. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm.

On March 20, 1978, Sergeant Donald Franklin of the City of Chester Police observed appellant’s trailer truck approaching the Commodore Barry Bridge connecting New Jersey with…