State v. Ayesh

This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the County Court of Brown County.

Defendant-appellant, Rasmi M. Ayesh (“appellant”), on September 7, 1983, was charged with a violation of R.C. 4511.21(D) 1 and was found guilty thereof after a trial to the court on November 5, 1984. From this finding a timely appeal was taken, setting forth a single assignment of error:

“The trial court erred to the prejudice of the Defendant by taking judicial notice of the reliability of the K-55 radar unit * * V’

Evid. R. 201(B) delineates the two categories of facts which may be judicially noticed:

“A…