State v. MacY

FOSHEIM, Justice.

Appellant seeks review from a speeding conviction. We affirm.

On August 26, 1979, State Trooper Paul Jensen received a radio message that a brown Buick automobile was speeding in an easterly direction on Interstate 90 west of Presho, South Dakota. Trooper Jensen was able to see a vehicle matching that description about two miles ahead of him proceeding east at what appeared to be a high rate of speed. He closed the gap to about 1600 feet and maintained that distance for approximately a mile at a speed of 85 miles per hour. At that pace the defendant was gaining. The trooper…