PEOPLE v. SMITH

Docket No. 18336.

118 Cal.App.3d Supp. 7 (1981)

173 Cal. Rptr. 659

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN BARTHOLOMEW SMITH, Defendant and Appellant.

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

March 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ron Day for Defendant and Appellant.

John A. Vander Lans, City Prosecutor, and Gerry L. Ensley, Deputy City Prosecutor, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

FAINER, P.J.

Defendant was convicted of violating the basic speed law (Veh. Code, § 22350). The citing officer's testimony, based on the use of radar, established that defendant was traveling at 46 miles per hour in a 30 mile-per-hour zone. On appeal it is claimed that the officer's testimony was incompetent because the engineering and traffic survey produced by the prosecution did not justify the posted speed.

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