149 Md. App. 554 - Wyatt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. ““The amendment to section 10-309 is a legislative declaration of relevance to the question of guilt subject, in a given case, to weighing the evidence’s probative value against undue prejudice and subject to other reasons for exclusion. While the amendment makes refusal to take a breathalyzer test admissible, admissibility remains subject to the usual evidentiary limitations on relevant evidence. The amendment permits, but does not require, a factfinder to draw an inference of guilt.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 223 Md. App. 289 - Harding v. State

2. ““Maryland’s courts have closely followed the reasoning employed by the Supreme Court in Schmerber v. California, 384 U.S. 757 , 86 S.Ct. 1826 , 16 L.Ed.2d 908 (1966), upon which the Neville case relies. Finally, we find appellant’s reasoning to be flawed because other states with constitutional language similar to ours have adopted the Neville holding, finding no conflict with their own state constitutions.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 223 Md. App. 289 - Harding v. State

3. ““For the purpose of repealing a prohibition against an inference or presumption concerning guilt or innocence arising because of a person’s refusal to submit to a certain test for alcohol ... and generally relating to evidence of a person’s refusal to submit to a certain test for alcohol ... in prosecutions of certain alcohol ... related driving offenses.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 223 Md. App. 289 - Harding v. State