State v. Tailo

How courts have described this case

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• holding that once the State puts in evidence that the police conducted a tuning fork test indicating the radar gun was properly calibrated, this evidence creates a prima facie presumption that the tuning fork itself was accurately calibrated
• holding that once the State puts in evidence that the police conducted a tuning fork test indicating the radar gun was properly calibrated, this evidence creates a prima facie presumption that the tuning fork itself was accurately calibrated
• “[C]ourts have ... consistently held that evidence of the accuracy of the particular radar unit is necessary to sustain a conviction for speeding obtained solely by radar.” (Citations omitted.)
• “The accuracy of a particular radar unit can be established by a showing that the operator tested the device in accordance with accepted procedures to determine that the unit was functioning properly and that the operator was qualified by training and experience to operate the unit.”
• “The accuracy of a particular radar unit can be established by a showing that the operator tested the device in accordance with accepted procedures to determine that the unit was functioning properly and that the operator was qualified by training and experience to operate the unit.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).