Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Whynaught
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 3, 1979PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant, Kathleen Whynaught,
was convicted of speeding pursuant to G. L. c. 90, § 17, after a jury waived trial in the First District Court of Southern Middlesex. Appealing her conviction, she argues that the trial judge erroneously admitted readings taken from an untested radar speed measuring device and that the prosecution had a statutory burden, which it failed to meet, to prove excessive operation over a one-quarter mile course. We overrule the defendant’s exceptions.
The facts are not in dispute. On August 19,1976, State Trooper Michael Salzman, the detection half of a two-person…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Guinan v. Famous Players-Lasky Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Vachon v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- State v. DantonioSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1955
- Commonwealth v. LykusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. KingsburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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