State v. Estes

LANSING, Chief Judge.

David M. Estes appeals from the district court’s intermediate appellate decision affirming the magistrate court’s judgment in which it found that Estes committed the infraction of speeding, Idaho Code § 49-654(2). Estes asserts that the state trooper’s testimony concerning his visual estimate of the speed of Estes’ vehicle, standing alone, was insufficient to prove the speeding violation beyond a reasonable doubt.

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BACKGROUND

A state trooper employing a speed detection device stopped and cited Estes for driving 65 miles per hour in a 55-mile-per-hour zone while descending…