§ 10–919
Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.
Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 10-919 (2026)
Title 10. Evidence
Subtitle 9. Miscellaneous Rules
§ 10–919LinkCopy Citation
(a)
After all right to appeal has been exhausted, a judgment of conviction establishing criminal accountability for the felonious and intentional killing of a decedent:
(1)
Is admissible in a civil proceeding in which the common law Slayer’s Rule is raised as an issue; and
(2)
Conclusively establishes that the convicted individual feloniously and intentionally killed the decedent.
(b)
This section may not be construed to prohibit a trier of fact, in the absence of a criminal conviction, from determining by a preponderance of the evidence in a civil proceeding that a killing was felonious and intentional.