401 S.E.2d 300 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1990
On appeal from his conviction of speeding, the appellant contends that the state should not have been permitted to introduce evidence concerning the use of a radar device to check his speed, due to the arresting officer’s asserted failure to comply with the following italicized portion of OCGA § 40-14-5 (b): “Each county, municipal, or campus law enforcement officer using a radar device shall notify each person against whom the officer intends to make a case based on the use of the device that the person has a right to request the officer to test the device for accuracy. The notice shall be given prior to the time a citation and complaint or ticket is issued against the person and, if requested to make a test, the officer shall test the device for accuracy. . . .” (Emphasis supplied.)
The case was tried before a judge without a jury. The arresting
In view of the appellant’s admission that he was “doing 50 or 51,” any error the trial judge may have committed in considering the results of the radar check must be considered harmless. Accord Harris v. State, 172 Ga. App. 66 (2) (321 SE2d 803) (1984).
Judgment affirmed.