City of Kansas City v. Tennill

TURNAGE, Presiding Judge.

Betti Tennill was found guilty on a trial de novo without a jury in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of violating a speed ordinance of the City of Kansas City. She was assessed a fine of $15.

On this appeal Tennill contends the radar evidence of speed was erroneously admitted; that the testimony of the police officer of his estimate of her speed was improperly admitted and that the City failed to make a submissible case. Affirmed.

In December, 1980, Officer Blum of the Kansas City Police Department set up a radar speed check. The officer testified that he tested his…