Opinion
(4050)
Argued October 4, 1985
Decision released November 5, 1985
Complaint charging the defendant with the infraction of traveling unreasonably fast, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of New Haven and tried to the court, Maiocco, J.; judgment of guilty, from which the defendant appealed to this court. No error.
Ralph Sheldon, pro se, the appellant (defendant).
James M. Bernardi, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).
The defendant appeals from his conviction by the court of the infraction of traveling unreasonably fast in violation of General Statutes 14-218a.
The defendant's principal claim on appeal is that the court erred in denying him a jury trial. The only penalty authorized for an infraction is a fine not exceeding ninety dollars. General Statutes 51-164m(c). There is no right to trial by jury in criminal actions where the maximum penalty is a fine of ninety-nine dollars or a sentence of thirty days, or both. General Statutes 54-82b(a). This statute does not violate the Connecticut constitution or the United States constitution. State v. Wheeler, 37 Conn. Sup. 693, 435 A.2d 372 (1981).
We have carefully considered the defendant's two other claims of error and find them to be without merit.