Commonwealth v. Manny

GREEVY, J.,

After a district justice found the above-named defendant guilty of violating the Vehicle Code of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §3362, by driving 47.8 miles per hour in a 35 miles per hour zone, defendant timely appealed to this court. Both defendant and the Commonwealth have stipulated to the relevant facts which are as follows:

On October 1, 1977, two officers of the Williamsport City Police were operating a speed check in the following manner. The two officers were stationed 660 feet (or one-eighth of a mile) apart. The first officer would start clocking a car with a stop…