Brook Park v. Rodojev (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 161 Ohio St. 3d 58
• 161 N.E.3d 511
• 2020 Ohio 3253

Syllabus

Traffic offenses—Speed-measuring devices—Necessity of expert testimony or judicial notice—Sufficiency of the evidence—Results of speed-measuring device using either radar or laser technology are admissible in court without expert testimony establishing, or court taking judicial notice of, the reliability of the scientific principles of that technology—Factfinder must still determine whether evidence presented concerning accuracy of speed-measuring device and qualifications of person who used it is sufficient to support conviction based on the device's results—Court of appeals' judgment affirmed.