Commonwealth v. Hearn

DIGGINS, SR. J.,

On December 8, 1982, defendant Patrick J. Hearn, was clocked by Pennsylvania State Trooper Timothy Flynn, travelling 70 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour speed zone on West Chester Pike in Newtown Township. Trooper Flynn timed defendant with a radar speed timing device, the Decator Ray Gun Model 100, which is an approved speed timing device, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regulations. The trooper had been trained in operating the device at one of the police academies and had the radar machine tested by YIS, Incorporated, a state-approved testing…