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...than another car. He then used an LTI 20-20 laser device to determine that Levine was traveling at 69 miles per hour. The posted speed limit was 50 miles per hour...of these tests. But the city did not offer any expert testimony concerning the accuracy and dependability of the LTI 20-20 laser device.
{¶ 4} At trial, Levine objected to the...need not address the other two.
I. The LTI 20-20 Device and Judicial Notice
{¶ 6} Levine's first assignment is...
...Howard County Police Department clocked petitioner's vehicle with the LTI 20-20, a device that uses lasers to measure velocity.
Goldstein was convicted in the District Court of...legislation that would specifically permit laser evidence, and (2) the LTI 20-20 does not satisfy the standard for the admission of scientific evidence under...evidence.
At trial, each side called a scientific expert to testify concerning the reliability and acceptance of the LTI 20-20 in the particular scientific community. The State's expert...
...recorded the speed of appellant's vehicle with a LTI 20-20 laser devise at eighty m.p.h. in a sixty-five m.p.h. zone. Defense counsel objected to this testimony, arguing that the state failed to show...that the LTI 20-20 laser device was accurate and dependable. The trial judge overruled the objection and took judicial notice, as he had done in a prior proceeding, that the LTI 20-20 laser device...was accurate and dependable.
Trooper Fredendall then testified that he calibrated the LTI 20-20 laser device prior to the start of his shift on January 2, 1998 and that it was in...
...conviction for a speeding violation entered after a bench trial. He argues that the trial court erred in taking judicial notice of the accuracy and reliability of the Marksman LTI 20-20 laser unit; the....
Officer Baumgartner testified that he was certified in operating the Marksman LTI 20-20 laser unit and stated that prior to embarking on the laser detail on July 29, 1999, he properly...perform the global alignment or the zero velocity tests as referenced in the Marksman LTI 20-20 operating manual.
The defendant testified in his own behalf and stated that he was...
...and found him guilty. This Court affirms because there was sufficient evidence presented to show the reliability of the LTI 20/20 laser speed measuring device, the officer was qualified to use it, and...speed measuring device, the LTI 20/20, as well as his own visual observations, to measure the speed of oncoming traffic. When he observed Mr. Kim's...SUV, he visually estimated its speed to be 80 miles per hour. He then pointed the LTI 20/20 at Mr. Kim's SUV, and the device registered 79 miles per hour. Trooper Van Dyke stopped Mr. Kim and issued...
...the LTI 20-20 laser device. Cincinnati Police Officer Brian Dettmer testified that he had used the laser device to clock Wiest traveling 73 m.p.h. in a 55-m.p.h. zone. Dettmer stated that he had been....
{¶ 3} In his first and third assignments of error, Wiest now argues that the trial court erred in taking judicial notice of the reliability of the LTI 20-20 laser device...trial court noted on the record that it had previously taken judicial notice of the LTI 20-20's reliability. Accordingly, the prosecution was not required to present expert testimony in Wiest's case...
.... Appellant now appeals setting forth the following assignments of error:
{¶ 3} "I. The trial court erred in taking `judicial notice' or [sic] the `Marksman 20-20' laser devise [sic], when there had been ...trial court specifically stated on the record:
{¶ 10} "The court having previously considered expert testimony on the accuracy of the reliability of the LTI-20-20 and...word "Marksman" when referring to the laser device, Patrolman Kisner testified that the "Marksman" LTI-20-20 was the only one his department used. Viewing the transcript as a whole, we find that the...
...LTI 20-20 [LIDAR device] in the particular scientific community." Goldstein, 339 Md. at 565...381. According to his testimony, the LTI 20-20 was "generally accepted as reliable and capable of measuring the speed of a motor vehicle accurately within one mile per hour...detectors and became acquainted with the LTI 20-20 in the process of developing a device for detecting laser beams as well as radar beams...
...issued Lawson a ticket that stated that he clocked the vehicle Lawson was driving using a LTI 20/20 TruSpeed Laser Gun traveling 66 mph in a 50 mph zone. (Tr. 12.) On September 10, 2013, Lawson's.... Faulkner stated that he was using a laser gun for speed detection purposes on the evening in question. (Tr. 7.) The particular model used by Faulkner, the LTI 20/20 TruSpeed Laser Gun, is a long-range....
{¶6} Lawson contends that the trial court erred when it found that the LTI 20/20 TruSpeed Laser Gun to be an ac...
..., that he performed four tests on the LTI 20/20 Ultralight laser gun, in accordance with the manufacturer's established procedures and instructions, which were contained in the manual provided by the..., 216 P.3d at 1238.
(2) Lt. Nishibun testified, inter alia, that he was trained and qualified on the operation of the LTI 20/20 Ultral..., that he passed all parts of his basic training on the laser gun and, later, the instructor training, and that during that training he was provided with a training manual for the LTI 20/20, which was...
....
Dr. Gezari explained the principles utilized in the operation and use of the Laser Technology Inc. LTI 20-20 hand-held instrument for determining speed of a moving vehicle. His testimony made...narrow frequency band.
In addition to a laser emitter, the LTI 20-20 device also contains a photodiode, a clock and a computational device. In operation, when a short laser beam...applications. The LTI 20-20 device itself has been used on at least six space shuttle flights within the last two years to measures distances...
...mph]. Trooper Topp then used an LTI 20-20 laser device to measure the velocity of appellant's vehicle. Using the LTI 20-20 device, Trooper Topp determined that appellant's vehicle was traveling at...Trooper Topp testified at trial, defense counsel objected to the admissibility of the Trooper's testimony as to appellant's vehicle's speed as determined by the LTI 20-20 device. Appellant's counsel...contended that the State had failed to present a proper foundation for such scientific evidence through expert testimony relative to the construction of the LTI 20-20 device, method of operation and...
.... {¶ 2} The court heard testimony from William Brisbane, who was duly qualified as an expert witness in the operation of the Ultralyte LTI 20/20 laser...the Ultralyte LTI 20/20 laser speed detector is an accurate and scientifically reliable measure of speed with a margin of error within minus-two to plus one miles per hour of the actual speed of the...
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Although Officer Bolt referred to the laser device as the Ultra Light 20 Laser, the parties consistently refer to the device as the LTI 20-...following:
I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED TO THE PREJUDICE OF THE APPELLANT BY TAKING JUDICIAL NOTICE AS TO THE ACCURACY AND DEPENDABILITY OF THE LTI 20-20 LASER...JUDICIAL NOTICE AS TO THE ACCURACY AND DEPENDABILITY OF THE LTI 20-20 LASER DEVICE. THE TRIAL COURT'S DECISION TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE OF SAID FACTS DEPRIVED THE APPELLANT OF HIS RIGHT TO...
...)."
III
{¶ 6} "THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN FINDING THE DEFENDANT GUILTY OF SPEEDING BECAUSE THE COURT'S FINDING THAT THE TROOPER WAS USING AN ...."
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{¶ 8} "THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN FINDING THE DEFENDANT GUILTY OF SPEEDING BECAUSE THE COURT'S FINDING THAT AN LTI 20-20 LASER WAS PROPERLY...BECAUSE THE COURT'S FINDING THAT THE TROOPER ACCURATELY MEASURED DEFENDANT'S SPEED USING LTI 20-20 LASER IS AGAINST THE MANIFEST WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE."
VII...
...properly take judicial notice of the scientific reliability of the LTI 20-20 laser device.
{¶ 8} At trial, the prosecutor asked the magistrate to take judicial notice of the..., 93TRD00710, is not a reported decision. Further, nobody has brought a reported decision of the Medina Municipal Court considering the accuracy of the LTI 20-20 device to this Court's attention. The only...decision from this Court that even mentions the LTI 20-20 device is State v. Jamnicky, 9th Dist. No. 03CA0039, 2004-Ohio-324, a...
...vehicle well over the posted speed limit, which he then confirmed by using an LTI 20-20 laser device. However, the trial court committed plain error by relying on the trooper's testimony about the laser...} At the adjudicatory hearing Ohio Highway Patrol Trooper Bradley A. Johnson testified he was outside his patrol car and using an LTI 20-20 laser unit on U.S. 52 in Scioto County where the posted speed...limit was 50 mph.
{¶6} According to Trooper Johnson the LTI 20-20 laser unit was properly calibrated and he was trained and qualified in its use. He observed Z.E.N., who he...
...ADMISSIBILITY HEARING OF THE LTI MARKSMAN 20-20 LASER SPEED DETECTION SYSTEM.
No. A-107-98T2F.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division...Admissibility of Motor Vehicle Speed Readings Produced by the LTI Marksman 20-20 Laser Speed Detection Sys., 314 N.J. Super. 233 (Law Div. 1998) (Laser...proceedings arising from earlier speeding cases. It approved the use of the LTI Marksman 20-20 Laser Speed Detection System (LTI Marksman) in the affected counties to aid the enforcement of motor vehicle...
.... {¶ 2} On September 1, 2009, Officer Joseph Baker was assigned to monitor traffic in the southbound lanes of Route 315. Officer Baker was using a Marksman LTI 20-...objection, stating that "[t]he LTI 20/20 has been declared in this Court, not only in this courtroom but also in Franklin County Municipal Court, as a device that is an acceptable device and proper for the...LTI 20-20 laser device used to measure appellant's speed without holding a hearing. Pursuant to Evid. R. 201(B), a judicially noticed fact "must be one not subject to reasonable dispute in that it is...
...on August 15, 2003, he was assigned to perform traffic enforcement patrol duties in the Kailua area. Equipped with an LTI 20-20 laser gun...was equipped with an "LTI 20-20" laser gun, the reference should have been to an "LTI 20-20" laser gun.
The Hawaiian ...laser speed measurement has not been universally accepted as accurate and reliable." She also requested that the district court review some materials critical of the reliability of the LTI 20-20...