Commonwealth v. Winings

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal by Richard H. Winings, the appellant-defendant, from the decision of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Berks County, affirming the judgment of guilty and the imposition of a fine and costs after hearing before a Justice of the Peace.

The appellant was charged with violating §1002 (b)(8) of The Vehicle Code of 1959, P. L. 58, 75 PS §1002 1 (p.p.). The specific charge was operating his motor vehicle at the rate of 66 miles per hour in a fifty-mile-per-hour speed limit zone. The testimony discloses that the vehicle was timed by radar and the appellant does…