Legal Opinion
State v. Gerdes
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 29, 1971No. 42514PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Otis, Justice.
Defendant appeals from a conviction for speeding 40 m. p. h. in a 30 m. p. h. zone for which he was sentenced to pay a fine of $30 or serve a term of 5 days. The only evidence of his precise speed was the reading of a radar unit operated by a Bloomington police officer.
The issues are, first, whether the court may take judicial notice of the reliability of radar in establishing the speed of an automobile; and, second, whether the particular radar unit used in the instant case was adequately tested before it was put into operation on the day defendant was arrested.
We hold that the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- State v. DantonioSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1955
- State v. TomanelliSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
- People v. MagriNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
- People v. DusingNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- People v. AbdallahAppellate Court of Illinois · 1967
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. DilleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
- State v. AssayeHawaii Supreme Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. WhynaughtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- State v. HansonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
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