State v. Quinnam

WERNICK, Judge.

After defendant James B. Quinnam had waived trial by jury, on October 9, 1975 the Justice presiding in the Superior Court (Sagadahoc County) found him guilty, as charged, of having operated a motorcycle without protective headgear in violation of 29 M.R.S.A. § 1373. 1

Defendant’s appeal from the judgment of conviction attacks the constitutionality of that statute.

We deny the appeal.

We hold without merit the first facet of defendant’s attack:—that 29 M.R.S.A. § 1373 violates the constitutional guarantee of due process of law.

It would be reasonable for the Legislature to believe:…