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PEOPLE v. DONOHOO

No. 75-443.

369 N.E.2d 546 (1977)

54 Ill. App.3d 375

12 Ill.Dec. 49

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard R. DONOHOO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied November 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Thomas Lakin, East Alton, for defendant-appellant.

Nicholas G. Byron, State's Atty., Edwardsville; Bruce D. Irish, Principal Atty., Martin N. Ashley, Staff Atty., Ill. State's Attys. Assn., Prosecutors' Appellate Service, Mount Vernon, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellee.

KARNS, Justice.

Defendant, Richard Donohoo, was charged in the Circuit Court of Madison County with operating a motor vehicle at a speed of 70 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour speed zone as determined by a device known as a speed gun. The trial court found the defendant guilty and set his fine at $15 plus court costs.

At trial, the defendant maintained that the State had the burden of demonstrating that a speed gun was in fact a radar device and that it...

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