DINKINS v. STATE

No. 345, September Term, 1975.

29 Md. App. 577 (1976)

349 A.2d 676

JAMES THOMAS DINKINS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Michael Floam, Assigned Public Defender, for appellant.

Gilbert Rosenthal, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Dana Levitz, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before ORTH, C.J., and MENCHINE and MASON, JJ.


ORTH, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

THE RULE AS TO THE UNEXPLAINED, EXCLUSIVE POSSESSION OF RECENTLY STOLEN GOODS

To be sufficient in law to justify a conviction in a criminal cause, the admissible evidence adduced must show directly, or circumstantially, or support a rational inference of, the facts to be proved from which the trier of fact may be convinced, beyond a reasonable doubt, of the accused's guilt of the offense charged. Metz v...

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