People v. Hoskin

¶1 In this case, we must determine (1) whether Colorado’s speeding statute creates a permissive inference or a mandatory rebut-table presumption and (2) whether there is sufficient evidence to support Respondent/Cross-Petitioner Gregory K. Hoskin’s speeding violation. The county court found that Mr. Hoskin committed a traffic infraction in violation of the speeding statute, section 42-2-1101, C.R.S. (2016), because the People offered evidence that he was driving in excess of the posted speed limit and he did not “contradict[ ] and overcome” this evidence with proof that his speed was…