Untiedt v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KOONTZ, J.

Michael E. Untiedt (Untiedt) appeals his conviction by bench trial in the Circuit Court of Smyth County for driving seventy-four miles per hour in a fifty-five miles per hour zone. Untiedt contends that the Commonwealth failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the radar device used to register the speed of his vehicle. Specifically, he contends that the certificate of tuning fork accuracy produced by the Commonwealth at trial was not a true copy of the original certificate in the custody of the state police within the meaning of Code § 46.2-882. For the reasons that follow, we…