State v. Foster

On the morning of April 8, 1992, defendant-appellant, Frank Foster, was driving a white truck with a box-style trailer eastbound on Interstate 70 through Preble County, Ohio. Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Russell Bennett stopped appellant east of the nine-mile marker and issued appellant a traffic citation for traveling sixty-seven miles per hour in a fifty-five mile per hour zone. Appellant entered a plea of not guilty, and trial was held on June 2, 1992.

The state’s first witness was Trooper Bruce Waters, an aircraft pilot for the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Trooper Waters testified that…