State v. Lawrence

• Decision Date: 18 May 1988
• Docket Number: No. 6427,6427
• Court: Connecticut Court of Appeals
• Parties: STATE of Connecticut v. Mark R. LAWRENCE, Jr.

Page 550

541 A.2d 550

14 Conn.App. 816

STATE of Connecticut v. Mark R. LAWRENCE, Jr.

No. 6427.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Argued May 4, 1988.

Decided May 18, 1988.

Sydney W. Elkin, Hartford, for appellant (defendant).

Eileen McCarthy Geel, Certified Legal Intern, with whom was Susan Marks, Deputy Asst. State's Atty., for appellee (state).

Before DUPONT, C.J., and SPALLONE and EDWARD Y. O'CONNELL, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal implicates the fact finding function of the trial court and challenges the law making powers of the legislature.

Our review of the record and transcript discloses that there was sufficient evidence introduced by the state to support a conviction of the defendant for a violation of General Statutes § 14-219(c) (Speeding).

Further, the defendant's claim that he was entitled to a jury trial for said violation is without merit. See General Statutes § 54-82b(a); State v. Weisser, 9 Conn.App. 255, 258, 518 A.2d 655 (1986), cert. denied, 202 Conn. 803, 519 A.2d 1207 (1987); State v. Sheldon, 5 Conn.App. 434, 499 A.2d 432 (1985).

There is no error.