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WILLS v. STATE

No. 93, September Term, 1992.

329 Md. 370 (1993)

620 A.2d 295

ANDREW NATHANIEL WILLS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 5, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, both on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Sarah E. Page, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, ROBERT M. BELL and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr. Judge, Specially Assigned.

I

The administration of justice in Maryland recognizes three standards of proof to test the sufficiency of the evidence. The lowest standard requires proof by a "preponderance" of the evidence; the highest standard demands proof "beyond a reasonable doubt;" an intermediate standard calls for proof that is "clear and convincing."1

We expect the trier of the facts to distinguish...

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