Insurer wants out of civil suit against Huguely

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: May 21, 2013
Tags: George W. Huguely V, greenbelt, Insurance, lawsuit, murder, u..s district court, university of virginia, yeardley love

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

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: May 21, 2013
Tags: Court of Appeals, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Law, legal news, maryland, sex offender registry, Washington County Circuit Court

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

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: May 21, 2013
Tags: baltimore city circuit court, Court of Appeals, first-degree murder, Law, legal news, maryland

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

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: May 21, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore city circuit court, baltimore county state's attorney, crime, Law, legal news, Policarpio Espinoza Perez

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
Tags: delaware, lawrence myslewski, lawsuit, parking fees, permits, rehoboth

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
Tags: burglary, crime, Law, legal news, Ravens, ray rice

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
Tags: crime, evidence, Law, legal news, Pfc. Bradley Manning, trial, wikileaks

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

BY: Lawyers USA
POSTED: May 20, 2013
Tags: breaking news, georgia v. randolph, Law, legal news, Supreme Court, warrant

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

BY: Lawyers USA
POSTED: May 20, 2013
Tags: breaking news, Law, legal news, Supreme Court, vaccine act

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

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: May 20, 2013
Tags: bench trial, Court of Appeals, judge clayton greene, jury trial, Law, legal news, maryland, ruling, waiver

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.