Legal Opinion
People v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California
Decided March 23, 1981No. Crim. A. No. 18336PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FAINER, P. J.
Defendant was convicted of violating the basic speed law (Veh. Code, § 22350). The citing officer’s testimony, based on the use of radar, established that defendant was traveling at 46 miles per hour in a 30 mile-per-hour zone. On appeal it is claimed that the officer’s testimony was incompetent because the engineering and traffic survey produced by the prosecution did not justify the posted speed.
*Supp. 9If, indeed, the survey were not shown to justify the posted speed, the section of street covered by the survey would be a speed trap (Veh. Code, § 40802, subd. (b)) and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. MerriamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- Cooper v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1975
- People v. HalopoffAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1976
- Cooper v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- People v. SterrittAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1976
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. PetersonAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1986
- People v. EllisAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1995