Obedience to Devices

Defendant appealed the decsion of the trial judge sustaining the violation of R.I.G.L. 1956 § 31-13-4 (obedience to devices).  The Appeals Panel held that the state need not prove that the defendant actually saw the signs to sustain the violation.  Rather, the fact that the defendant drove by the signs was enough to sustain he violation.  Accordingly, the Court sustained the violation against the defendant. 

State of Rhode Island v. Christopher Bosley, C.A. No. T11-0026 (June 27, 2011).pdf