Commonwealth v. Whynaught

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the determination of the accuracy of a testing method is left to the trial judge’s discretion
• providing survey of cases establishing what tests are sufficient to prove accuracy of radar device
• discussing the need for testing to lay a foundation for admission of speed radar results
• taking judicial notice of radar speedometer as accurate and reliable means of measuring velocity
• \most courts have agreed that the admission of radar evidence is conditioned on a demonstration to the court of the accuracy of the radar apparatus\
• “[C]ourts which have considered the issue have almost uniformly taken judicial notice of radar’s underlying scientific principles ...”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).