Anne Arundel judge spares man long sentence because of height

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 27, 2013
Tags: Anne Arundel County, anne arundel county circuit court, crime, Law, legal news
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ANNAPOLIS — A judge has spared a man who pleaded guilty to assault time in state prison because of his short stature. Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Paul A. Hackner sentenced 25-year-old Marcus Freeman to 18 months in county jail on Monday. Hackner, noting Freeman’s 5 foot, 1 inch height, said he feared Freeman [...]

Defense rests in Leopold trial; closing arguments set for Tuesday 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: January 28, 2013
Tags: Anne Arundel County, anne arundel county circuit court, county executive, crime, Government, john leopold, trial

Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold’s defense team rested Monday in his trial for alleged misconduct in office.

Judge strikes one charge against Leopold 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: January 25, 2013
Tags: Anne Arundel County, anne arundel county circuit court, Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold, crime, Emmet C. Davitt, judge dennis sweeney, Law, legal news, trial

The judge presiding over Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold’s misconduct-in-office trial grilled the prosecution Friday morning over whether Leopold’s alleged use of his security detail to drive him to parking lot trysts and for other personal errands constituted a crime.

Judge rejects challenge to passage of Question 7 

BY: Alexander Pyles and Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: January 22, 2013
Tags: anne arundel county circuit court, General Assembly, Law, legal news, legislation, maryland, maryland state board of elections, Question 7

An Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge has decided that the appropriate number of voters did indeed approve the expansion of casino gambling in Maryland on Election Day.

Former county executive testifies at Leopold trial 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: January 18, 2013
Tags: abuse of office, anne arundel county circuit court, bruce marcus, catheter, county executive, Emmet C. Davitt, Janet Owens, john r. leopold, judge dennis m. sweeney, Leopold, Maryland State Prosecutor, misconduct in office, political misconduct

Former Anne Arundel County Executive Janet S. Owens was among the first witnesses Maryland State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt called Friday at the criminal trial of her successor, John R. Leopold.

Leopold waives right to jury trial 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: January 17, 2013
Tags: Anne Arundel County, anne arundel county circuit court, Emmet C. Davitt, john r. leopold, jury, Law, legal news, trial

Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold on Thursday waived his right to a jury trial on misconduct-in-office charges and will place his fate in the hands of Visiting Judge Dennis M. Sweeney.

Jury selection under way in Leopold trial 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: January 16, 2013
Tags: Anne Arundel County, anne arundel county circuit court, helen holton, john leopold, Law, legal news, Sheila Dixon, trial

Jury selection began Wednesday in the trial of Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold on misconduct-in-office charges.

Deprived dad wins $720K 

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: October 15, 2012
Tags: anne arundel county circuit court, James E. Nicholson, lawsuit, NICHOLSON V. KESTNER ET. AL, Settlement, verdict

A jury has awarded an Anne Arundel County father $720,000 in his lawsuit against his former wife and three other people, in which he claimed his ex-wife encouraged their 16-year-old daughter to run away and allowed her to marry rather than honor a court order granting him custody.

Driver acquitted of Route 100 homicide 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: September 23, 2012
Tags: Anne Arundel County, anne arundel county circuit court, breaking legal news, car crash, drag race, driver, homocide, manslaughter, maryland, not guilty, pasadena, route 100, Zachary A. Covington

An Anne Arundel County jury has acquitted a Pasadena man of vehicular homicide in the death of another driver last November on Route 100 in Glen Burnie.

Delegate Alston: No deal 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: September 19, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, anne arundel county circuit court, breaking legal news, Del. Tiffany T. Alston, delegate, house of delegates, legal news, maryland, maryland constitution, plea deal, rejected, State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt

Despite a judicial tongue-lashing, Del. Tiffany T. Alston on Wednesday continued to reject proposed plea deals from the Maryland State Prosecutor following her June conviction for misdemeanor theft and misconduct in office, convictions that could lead to her ouster from the House of Delegates.

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