The Supreme Court said the Moline Acres ordinance unconstitutionally presumed a vehicle owner granted permission for a driver to violate speeding laws. Kansas City’s ordinance treated red-light camera violations like a parking ticket and assessed no points.
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“The City’s goal from the outset has been to utilize technology in a way that allows us to make optimal use of police manpower while at the same time safeguarding individuals’ constitutional rights”, Deputy St. Louis City Counselor Michael Garvin said in a statement.
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that there are constitutional or legal issues with three cities’ traffic-camera ordinances, a move that has already prompted at least two cities to say they will likely redraft the programs.
Marcus Merritt, who was convicted of a federal drug dealing felony in 1986, was subsequently charged with additional drug crimes and violating Missouri’s felon-gun ban for possessing a revolver, shotgun and rife in November 2012.
But the court left open the possibility of keeping the ordinance on the books, without the portion relating to points.
The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down St. Louis city’s ordinance governing red light cameras.
The justices said the program places the burden onto the defendant for them to prove that they were not operating t… Although the court declined to rule based on the new amendment, it’s determination that Missouri’s law passed the “strict scrutiny” test could nonetheless provide some guidance to prosecutors and defense attorneys.
In May 2013, red light cameras received the green light for another five years in a Kansas City City Council vote.
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