74 Md. App. 143 - Gore v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “[I]n this case, it was established that the car key was in the ignition in the “on” position, with the alternator/battery light lit; that the gear selector was in the “drive” position; and that the engine was warm to the touch. We hold that this additional evidence is sufficient to support a finding by the trier of fact that appellant was “driving.” Appellant’s argument based upon the officer’s failure, and indeed his inability, to testify, firsthand, to having observed an engine in the car or a transmission or to having seen the car move does not undermine the holding. It is axiomatic that the necessary rational inferences to support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt may be drawn by the trier of fact from circumstantial evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 223 Md. App. 289 - Harding v. State · 178 Md. App. 38 - Dukes v. State

2. ““All the evidence in this case proves is that Thomas was in a vehicle by the side of a road, possibly intoxicated, at an early hour in the morning. Left to conjecture is whether he drove the vehicle to that location after imbibing alcohol or whether he had parked it there, been picked up by some other individual, and then dropped off at the same spot.... ””

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