State v. Claiborne
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polh District Court. — Lawrence De Graff, Judge. Defendant was informed against and accused of the crime of operating a motor vehicle without proper lights. He appealed to the district court. The trial court found defendant not guilty, and the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
The information charges, substantially, that defendant operated upon the streets of Des Moines, at a time more than one hour after sunset, a motor vehicle, with a lighting device thereon of over four candle power, *171equipped with a reflector so arranged that the directly reflected and undiffused beam of light therefrom, when measured 75 feet ahead of the light, did not rise above 42 inches from the level surface on which the vehicle was standing and being operated, under all conditions of load.
The defendant made the following -admission of record:
“Mr. Bannister: This cause coming on for trial,…
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