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State v. Smith

Citations

  • 823 A.2d 664
  • 374 Md. 527
  • 2003 Md. LEXIS 251

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding the evidence was sufficient to support a finding that the lessee driver of a vehicle had knowingly transported a handgun recovered from the trunk of the vehicle in question
  • reversing Court of Special Appeals and affirming conviction with five judges concurring and one judge dissenting
  • reversing Court of Special Appeals and affirming conviction with five judges concurring and one judge dissenting
  • “Weighing the credibility of witnesses and resolving any conflicts in the evidence are tasks proper for the fact finder.”
  • “Weighing the credibility of witnesses and resolving any conflicts in the evidence are tasks proper for the fact finder.”
  • “[T]he knowledge of the contents of the vehicle can be imputed to the driver of the vehicle” but not a passenger, because “owners/drivers and passengers of vehicles are to be treated differently”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Bell, Cathell, Harrell, Raker

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