The accused, a taxicab driver, was charged with second degree murder after running over an intoxicated passenger with his minivan.
The incident was captured on a residential surveillance camera.
The accused testified that he accidentally struck the victim while looking for oncoming traffic.
Applying the W.(D.) framework, the court rejected the accused's evidence as irreconcilable with the video footage and internally illogical.
The court found beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused intentionally drove his vehicle at the victim in anger and possessed the requisite mens rea for murder.
The accused was found guilty of second degree murder.
