118 Md. App. 683 - Moosavi v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “The appellant’s brief and especially his reply brief are almost strident in their outrage at the State’s brief for putting a decidedly pro-prosecutorial “spin” or “twist” on evidence which was hotly disputed and subject to arguably diametric interpretations. On the issue of legal sufficiency, however, both the state and the appellant are enjoined to apply just such a “spin.” The slant is required as a matter of law. Of all possible versions of events that would be permitted a fact finder, it is, of course, the most partial one permitted by logic and law which we adopt when assessing the legal sufficiency of the State’s ease. Fact finding impartiality has nothing to do with measuring a prima facie case. (Emphasis supplied). Such a narrative tilt is mandatory when reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 146 Md. App. 327 - Graham v. State

2. ““151A was not even of the type of offense arguably perpetrated by the appellant. There was no false statement or rumor already in existence that he knew to be false and that he circulated to others with the intent that the Chevy Chase Bank, for instance, be evacuated. That is the type of thing that is meant by § 151A’s ‘with the intent that [the false rumor] be acted upon.’ The evidence simply did not fit the crime charged (§ 151A) and, therefore, was legally insufficient to support the conviction.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moosavi v. State

3. ““Had the three judges on this appellate panel been called upon, hypothetically, to render a verdict based on our view of the evidence, we acknowledge freely, albeit completely immaterially, that we would not have been persuaded beyond a reasonable doubt that the appellant was guilty of anything. We would not have been so persuaded even by the clear and convincing standard of persuasion. We would not have been so persuaded even by a bare preponderance of the evidence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moosavi v. State