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THE PEOPLE DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THE POLICE OFFICER HAD SUFFICIENT TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TO VISUALLY ESTIMATE THE SPEED OF DEFENDANT’S CAR; SUPPRESSION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED IN THIS SPEEDING CASE (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing defendant’s conviction, determined the People did not demonstrate the defendant was speeding. No radar gun was used and the officer estimated defendant’s speed. The People did not demonstrate the officer had sufficient training and experience to support the speed-estimate:

At the suppression hearing, the officer testified that he stopped the vehicle after he visually estimated defendant’s speed at 82 miles per hour in a 65 mph zone, and there was no testimony that the officer used a radar gun to establish defendant’s speed. While it is well-settled that a qualified police officer’s testimony that he or she visually estimated the speed of a defendant’s vehicle may be sufficient to establish that a defendant exceeded the speed limit … , here, the People failed to establish the officer’s training and qualifications to support the officer’s visual estimate of the speed of defendant’s vehicle … . Thus, inasmuch as the People failed to meet their burden of showing the legality of the police conduct in stopping defendant’s vehicle in the first instance, we conclude that the court erred in refusing to suppress the physical evidence and defendant’s statements obtained as a result of the traffic stop. Because our determination results in the suppression of all evidence supporting the crime charged, the indictment must be dismissed … . People v Reedy, 2022 NY Slip Op 07397, Fourth Dept 12-23-22

Practice Point: Although a police officer’s visual estimate of a vehicle’s speed may be sufficient to support a speeding conviction, the People must show the officer had sufficient training and experience to make the speed-estimate, which was lacking in this case.

 

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