Court of Appeals orders retrial in 2004 drug case 

Posted: 7:26 pm Wed, May 25, 2011
By Steve Lash
Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer

If its unanimous decision Wednesday is any indication, Maryland’s top court had little doubt that Ramon Lopez deserves a new trial because the judge at his trial unconstitutionally allowed him to waive his right to counsel and defend himself on felony drug charges. Why, then, did it take the Court of Appeals more than 2-1/2 years ...