Howell v. Commonwealth

On January 28, 1972, on a trial de novo following appeal from the Hanover County Court, William Wilson Howell was convicted by the trial court sitting without a jury of operating a motor vehicle at a speed of 78 miles per hour in a 65 mile per hour zone and fined $25.00 and costs.

To the final judgment order we granted a writ of error addressed to the question whether the Certificate of Radar Accuracy Test is sufficient to support the conviction.

Trooper Hendricks testified that a radar device had been properly erected and tested for accuracy before and after it registered Howell’s speed. He…