Scafetta v. Arlington County

Opinion

BARROW, J.

This appeal is from a conviction of speeding. At trial the court refused to take judicial notice of a document issued by the Federal Communications Commission. We conclude that the trial court should have taken judicial notice of this document; however, because no showing was made of the relationship between this document and the issues raised at trial, we also conclude that the failure to take judicial notice of it was harmless error.

The appellant, Joseph Scafetta, Jr., was charged with driving forty-five miles per hour in a thirty miles per hour zone. Prior to trial,…