Legal Opinion

Purnell v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided May 27, 2021No. 0355/19PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Zamere D. Purnell v. State of Maryland, No. 355, September Term 2019. CRIMINAL LAW > REVIEW; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE IN GENERAL In deciding the issue of legal sufficiency of evidence to sustain a conviction, we are dealing only with the satisfaction of the burden of production CRIMINAL LAW > TRIAL; PROVINCE OF COURT AND JURY IN GENERAL When reviewing the legal sufficiency of evidence to sustain a conviction, we are not concerned with what a factfinder did with the evidence. Rather, we are concerned with what a factfinder could have done with the evidence. HOMICIDE > FIRST DEGREE, CAPITAL, OR…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Tichnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
  3. Evans v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  4. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992

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3Cited by4 opinions

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  2. Howard v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2024
  3. Howard v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2024
  4. Lambert v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2026

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