PEOPLE v. ECHOLS

Docket No. 13062.

46 Cal.App.3d Supp. 1 (1975)

120 Cal. Rptr. 375

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ELIJAH LARRY ECHOLS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Appellate Department, Superior Court, Los Angeles.

February 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Elijah Larry Echols, in pro. per., for Defendant and Appellant.

Joseph P. Busch, District Attorney, Harry B. Sondheim and Philip J. McCarthy, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MARSHALL, J.

In this case a helicopter was the instrument used by the police to establish the speed of the defendant. The defendant appealed from his conviction for speeding and raised the defense that the helicopter and the procedure used by it constituted a speed trap.

(1) Affirmance is dictated by In re Beamer (1955) 133 Cal.App.2d 63, 68 [

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