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Town of Portsmouth v. Kevin Dietz, C.A. No. T14-0043 (April 29, 2015)

The Defendant appealed the trial magistrate’s decision to sustain the charged violations of R.I.G.L. 1956 § 31-14-2 (prima facie limits) and § 31-27-24 (multiple moving offenses). The Defendant argued the trial magistrate erred in crediting the Sergeant’s testimony over his own. Here, the trial magistrate determined that the Sergeant’s testimony was credible and sufficient to sustain the charged violation. The Panel held that since the trial magistrate was satisfied by clear and convincing evidence, the trial magistrate’s decision was not clearly erroneous. Accordingly, the Panel upheld the trial magistrate’s decision to sustain the violation.

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