Comstock v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that defendant could be found to be “involved” in an accident for purposes of leaving-the-scene statute when the fatal collision was “a natural consequence” of defendant’s abrupt lane change, which caused other motorist to swerve into oncoming traffic
• holding that, in order for a driver to be convicted of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, the conditions must have been such that the driver knew, should have known, or reasonably should have anticipated that the accident and the resulting injury occurred
• holding that, in order for a driver to be convicted of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, the conditions must have been such that the driver knew, should have known, or reasonably should have anticipated that the accident and the resulting injury occurred
• construing provision of Maryland Vehicle Law in light of this principle
• driver was involved in an accident where his sudden lane change caused another driver to swerve and collide with oncoming traffic
• defendant made an illegal lane change

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).