badapple40
Senior Member
What is the name of your state? Ohio
Your badapple got himself a ticket by the Ohio State Patrol, interstate. Written plea of not guilty, no waiver of speedy trial, so the trial date is fast approaching (they have 30 days to bring to trial in Ohio).
The officer in question got me via a laser. In the notes section, it says:
#6340 0700 + 1700 1267ft
I do not know what the make or model of the laser is. I've heard OSP uses LTI's. I would have requested it in discovery, but I don't want to toll the speedy trial limit.
Also, case law out of the relevant district indicates that the court cannot take judicial notice of the laser device until or unless it receives expert testimony at least once on the unit (police officer's don't qualify as experts), and, as far as I am aware, they have not yet done so, so that is my "angle" if you will, since I do not think the trial court has had an expert testify yet.
What I want to know is whether anyone has any information or knowledge on the operation of laser devices in general? Specifically, what tests should a reasonable officer conduct on the unit to ensure that it is in good working order? Are there legitimate margins for error or any other way to attack the laser reading? What do the annotations in the notes section mean?
Your badapple got himself a ticket by the Ohio State Patrol, interstate. Written plea of not guilty, no waiver of speedy trial, so the trial date is fast approaching (they have 30 days to bring to trial in Ohio).
The officer in question got me via a laser. In the notes section, it says:
#6340 0700 + 1700 1267ft
I do not know what the make or model of the laser is. I've heard OSP uses LTI's. I would have requested it in discovery, but I don't want to toll the speedy trial limit.
Also, case law out of the relevant district indicates that the court cannot take judicial notice of the laser device until or unless it receives expert testimony at least once on the unit (police officer's don't qualify as experts), and, as far as I am aware, they have not yet done so, so that is my "angle" if you will, since I do not think the trial court has had an expert testify yet.
What I want to know is whether anyone has any information or knowledge on the operation of laser devices in general? Specifically, what tests should a reasonable officer conduct on the unit to ensure that it is in good working order? Are there legitimate margins for error or any other way to attack the laser reading? What do the annotations in the notes section mean?