Mooney v. State

Christopher Mooney v. State of Maryland, No. 32, September Term, 2023 “REASONABLE JUROR” TEST – AUTHENTICATION THROUGH TESTIMONY OF WITNESS WITH KNOWLEDGE UNDER MARYLAND RULE 5-901(b)(1) – AUTHENTICATION THROUGH CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE UNDER MARYLAND RULE 5-901(b)(4) – Supreme Court of Maryland held that “reasonable juror” test applies to authentication of videos—i.e., for trial court to admit video, there must be sufficient evidence for reasonable juror to find by preponderance of evidence that video is what it is claimed to be. Supreme Court concluded that video can be authenticated through…