Davis v. Director, Patuxent Institution
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
September Term, 1975.] September Term, 1975.] September Term, 1975.]
1Opinion of the CourtOrth, C. J.
The primary issue in these appeals is whether the application of the preponderance of the evidence standard in defective delinquency proceedings offends the constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws. 1 We hold that it does not.
THE LAW OF MARYLAND
It is the firmly established law of Maryland that the sufficiency of the evidence in a defective delinquency proceeding is to be tested by the preponderance of the evidence standard. 2 This rule was early enunciated by the Court of Appeals, Purks v. State, 226 Md. 43 (1961), 3 consistently followed by that Court, e.g., Crews v.…
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