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Insurer wants out of civil suit against Huguely (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: May 21, 2013
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George W. Huguely V, the former University of Virginia lacrosse player who was convicted in February 2012 of killing his former girlfriend, is being sued in Maryland federal court by his mother’s insurance company.


Despite win, former teacher still on sex offender registry (access required)

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: May 21, 2013
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A man who the state’s top court said should be removed from the sex offender registry has not yet been taken off the list, according to a motion filed in Washington County Circuit Court.


Court of Appeals’ decision reinstates murder conviction (access required)

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: May 21, 2013
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Maryland’s top court Tuesday reinstated a Baltimore killer’s first-degree murder conviction and life sentence after concluding that judges validly rejected his request to change attorneys on the morning of trial.


Espinoza Perez won’t be retried (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: May 21, 2013
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A man who has been tried three times in the near-beheading deaths of his young relatives will not face a fourth trial.


Rehoboth resident sues over scooter parking fees

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 21, 2013
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DOVER, Del. — A Rehoboth Beach resident has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the town’s new $40 parking permit fee for motorized scooters. In a complaint filed Monday, Lawrence Myslewski says the new fee is unconstitutional because residents do not have to pay to get parking permits for their cars or other motorized vehicles. The [...]


Police: Guns, cash stolen from Ray Rice’s Md. home

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 21, 2013
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Baltimore County police say the Reisterstown home of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was burglarized over the weekend, and $2,000 and two guns were stolen. Police spokeswoman Cpl. Cathleen Batton said Monday that the burglary happened between 8:30 p.m. Friday and 12:50 a.m. Saturday. Batton says Rice was out of town for the weekend, [...]


Deal on bin Laden evidence made in WikiLeaks case

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 21, 2013
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FORT MEADE — Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a member of the military team that killed Osama bin Laden. Prosecutors also agreed to accept Pfc. Bradley Manning’s [...]


Court to decide if co-tenant can consent to search after suspect’s objection (access required)

BY: Lawyers USA
POSTED: May 20, 2013
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a tenant who previously objected to a warrantless search of an apartment must be personally present and objecting to prevent a search when police officers later ask a co-tenant for consent to search.


Attorney fees OK’d for untimely Vaccine Act claims (access required)

BY: Lawyers USA
POSTED: May 20, 2013
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A vaccine injury victim whose claim is time-barred under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act can still recover attorney fees because the claim was reasonable and made in good faith, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.


Details, details: Waiver of jury trial must be on record (access required)

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: May 20, 2013
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Trial judges beware: Any conviction you hand down at a bench trial will be overturned if you fail to state on the record that the defendant’s waiver of the constitutional right to a jury trial was knowing and voluntary.


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Brendan Hogan is all smiles with his 1-year-old son, Declan, during the hooding ceremony Friday for graduates of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law at the Hippodrome Theatre. The University of Baltimore School of Law will hold its commencement ceremony Monday afternoon. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

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