Legal Opinion
People v. Cunha
Nassau County District Court
Decided February 2, 1978PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harold Fertig, J.
Can the reading of an untested radar device supported by the opinion of an unqualified witness sustain a speeding conviction? The defendant is charged with violation of section 1.1c of Local Law No. 7 of the Town of Oyster Bay, speeding 70 miles an hour in a 30-mile an hour speed limit area. This nonjury case was tried without a prosecutor. The only witness who testified was the police officer who made the arrest. He testified that the defendant had passed more than one town speeding sign, each indicating that the speed limit on South Marginal Road in the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- People v. OlsenNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- People v. DusingNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Miller v. . MontgomeryNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Senecal v. DrolletteNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
- People v. Stephens, New York County Courts1967
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. HansonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
- People v. CorreiaJustice Court of Village of Muttontown · 1988
- State v. BrownVolusia County Court · 1988
- State v. Lavoie, K3/97-0362a (1997)Superior Court of Rhode Island · 1997
- State v. WeatherwaxMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982