State v. Rivera

The defendant in a trial to the court was convicted of speeding in violation of § 14-219 (b) of the G-eneral Statutes and has appealed, assigning as error the court’s conclusion upon all the evidence that he was guilty of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt and that the provision of the statute which provides that a speed greater than the posted speed is prima facie evidence of an unreasonable speed is unconstitutional.

The arresting officer was the only witness, and he testified that about 10:45 a.m. on May 27, 1970, he clocked the defendant, by radar, on Ocean Avenue in the city of…