BARBERTON v. JENNEY

No. 2009-1069.

126 Ohio St.3d 5 (2010)

2010-Ohio-2420

CITY OF BARBERTON, Appellee, v. JENNEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle Banbury, City of Barberton Law Department Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

John Kim, for appellant.

Richard Cordray, Attorney General, Benjamin C. Mizer, Solicitor General, and Emily S. Schlesinger, Deputy Solicitor, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Attorney General.


O'CONNOR, J.

{¶ 1} In this appeal, we determine whether a police officer's unaided visual estimation of a vehicle's speed, by itself, is sufficient evidence of the vehicle's speed to support a conviction for speeding in violation of R.C. 4511.21(D). Appellant, Mark Jenney, argues that it is impossible for a police officer to visually estimate the exact speed of a moving object. He asks the court to establish a bright-line rule that an officer's visual...

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