People v. Barkman

The question here is whether the 1967 amendment 1 of section 724(c) of the motor vehicle code eliminates scienter as an element of the misdemeanor defined by sections 716(a) and 722 of the code. 2 We conclude that it does not.

On March 19, 1968, a weighmaster in Monroe County weighed a true]? owned by defendant Bark-man, found that its weight exceeded the limitations prescribed in section 722 of the motor vehicle code, and issued a notice of violation. At the trial in the circuit court, the prosecutor established that the defendant owned the truck and that it had indeed been driven on a public…