Commonwealth v. Startzenbach

Campbell, P. J.,

This court recently found defendant guilty of driving 65 miles per hour in a 55 miles-per-hour speed zone in violation of section 1002(B) (6) of The Vehicle Code. In doing so, the court admitted into evidence, over objection of defense counsel, a certificate of speedometer accuracy for the police vehicle involved. The certificate stated that on July 23, 1968, the official speedometer testing station tested the speedometer for accuracy and found the same to be five miles fast at all speeds. The correctness of the court’s ruling on the admission of the certificate of speedometer…