Case Law On Moving Radar

[jocko]

During research I could swear I ran across someone or some site that mentioned case law for moving radar which is in oposition to Kentucky v Honeycutt. Something about moving radar being more complicated than stationary radar and therefore requires more knowledge/training than the minimal for the above. Anyone heard of, seen or know anything about this?

[lwpat]

Case law is state specific. A traffic court judge will not consider a case from out of state. Usually he won't even consider a case from the state. The officer says you are guilty and that is enough. Check with the clerk to see if traffic school or a deferment is an option.

[jocko]

Thanks for your input lwpat but I didn't ask whether or not I should fight my case.

§ 8‑3. Laws of other states or foreign countries.

(a) A printed copy of a statute, or other written law, of another state, or of a territory, or of a foreign country, or a printed copy of a proclamation, edict, decree or ordinance, by the executive thereof, contained in a book or publication purporting or proved to have been published by the authority thereof, or proved to be commonly admitted as evidence of the existing law, in the judicial tribunals thereof, shall be evidence of the statute law, proclamation, edict, decree, or ordinance. The unwritten or common law of another state, or of a territory, or of a foreign country, may be proved as a fact by oral evidence. The books of the reports of cases, adjudged in the courts thereof, shall also be admitted as evidence of the unwritten or common law thereof.

(b) Any party may exhibit a copy of the law of another state, territory, or foreign country copied from a printed volume of the laws of such state, territory, or country on file in

(1) The offices of the Governor or the Secretary of State, and duly certified by the Secretary of State, or

(2) The State Library and certified as provided in G.S. 125‑6, or

(3) The Supreme Court Library and certified as provided in G.S. 7A‑13 (f). (1823, c. 1193, ss. 1, 3, P.R.; R.C., c. 44, s. 3; C.C.P., s. 360; Code, s. 1338; Rev., s. 1594; C.S., s. 1749; 1967, c. 565.)



§ 8‑4. Judicial notice of laws of United States, other states and foreign countries.

When any question shall arise as to the law of the United States, or of any other state or territory of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, or of any foreign country, the court shall take notice of such law in the same manner as if the question arose under the law of this State. (1931, c. 30.)

[lwpat]

Fine. Then I won't tell you that the statute you quoted above has nothing to do with a speeding ticket in North Carolina.