Maryland Daily Record » appeal http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Fri, 17 May 2013 23:24:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 U.S. government files morning-after pill appeal http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/13/u-s-government-files-morning-after-pill-appeal/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/13/u-s-government-files-morning-after-pill-appeal/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 16:28:36 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239647 NEW YORK — The government has filed a last-second appeal that will delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription. The appeal was filed shortly before a noon Monday deadline. Brooklyn federal Judge Edward Korman says politics is behind efforts by Secretary of Health and Human Services [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/13/u-s-government-files-morning-after-pill-appeal/feed/ 0 Appellate court denies motion to stay Leopold’s sentence  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/14/appellate-court-denies-motion-to-stay-leopolds-sentence/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/14/appellate-court-denies-motion-to-stay-leopolds-sentence/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:35:21 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=235581 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has denied a motion from former Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold's lawyers to stay his 30-day jail sentence and additional punishment pending appeal. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/14/appellate-court-denies-motion-to-stay-leopolds-sentence/feed/ 0 Sandusky notifies trial court he plans to appeal http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/21/sandusky-notifies-trial-court-he-plans-to-appeal/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/21/sandusky-notifies-trial-court-he-plans-to-appeal/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:51:08 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=234133 HARRISBURG, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky’s attorneys have notified his trial judge that he wants a state appeals court to overturn his convictions for molesting boys. Attorneys for the former Penn State assistant football coach filed a pair of appeal notices Thursday that indicate Sandusky wants the state Superior Court to take up his convictions on [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/21/sandusky-notifies-trial-court-he-plans-to-appeal/feed/ 0 Barry Bonds seeks dismissal of felony conviction http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/13/barry-bonds-seeks-dismissal-of-felony-conviction/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/13/barry-bonds-seeks-dismissal-of-felony-conviction/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:58:43 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=233552 SAN FRANCISCO — A lawyer for Barry Bonds has urged a federal appeals court to toss out the slugger’s obstruction of justice conviction. Dennis Riordan argued Wednesday before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Bonds’ was never specifically charged with the crime he was convicted of. A jury in April 2011 found Bonds [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/13/barry-bonds-seeks-dismissal-of-felony-conviction/feed/ 0 Experts: Barnes’ murderer has strong grounds for appeal  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/12/experts-barnes-murderer-has-strong-grounds-for-appeal/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/12/experts-barnes-murderer-has-strong-grounds-for-appeal/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:01:53 +0000 Beth Moszkowicz http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=233482 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Defense attorneys, former prosecutors and other legal experts believe that Michael Maurice Johnson, convicted last week of murdering 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes, has strong grounds for an appeal. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/12/experts-barnes-murderer-has-strong-grounds-for-appeal/feed/ 0 Supreme Court won’t hear campaign finance arguments http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/07/supreme-court-wont-hear-campaign-finance-arguments/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/07/supreme-court-wont-hear-campaign-finance-arguments/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:10:21 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=231016 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal from a Virginia-based anti-abortion group that wanted to be exempted from campaign finance disclosure regulations. The Real Truth About Abortion Inc., which was formerly called The Real Truth About Obama Inc., wanted to stop the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department from enforcing [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/07/supreme-court-wont-hear-campaign-finance-arguments/feed/ 0 Md. death-row inmate: Capital punishment limited to treason  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/03/md-death-row-inmate-capital-punishment-limited-to-treason/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/03/md-death-row-inmate-capital-punishment-limited-to-treason/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:31:59 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=230828 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A condemned killer’s lawyer urged Maryland’s top court Thursday to strike down his death sentence based on a never-before addressed provision of the state constitution, which he said limits capital punishment to acts of treason against the state government. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/03/md-death-row-inmate-capital-punishment-limited-to-treason/feed/ 0 Baltimore to appeal ruling on pension reform http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/02/baltimore-to-appeal-ruling-on-pension-reform/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/02/baltimore-to-appeal-ruling-on-pension-reform/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:56:26 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=230736 Baltimore officials will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that part of their package of pension reforms to for police officers and firefighters is unconstitutional. Lawyers for the city have filed a notice of appeal with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. At issue is the city’s plan to replace a variable [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/02/baltimore-to-appeal-ruling-on-pension-reform/feed/ 0 High court asks lawyer to argue special DOMA question http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/11/high-court-asks-lawyer-to-argue-special-doma-question/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/11/high-court-asks-lawyer-to-argue-special-doma-question/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:23:53 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=229778 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday invited a Massachusetts lawyer to come argue that the justices cannot rule on one of the gay marriage questions it had planned to decide next year. The court asked lawyer Vicki C. Jackson of Cambridge to join the gay marriage arguments this spring, but she won’t be arguing [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/11/high-court-asks-lawyer-to-argue-special-doma-question/feed/ 0 Hope and fear in gay marriage cases at Supreme Court http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/10/hope-and-fear-in-gay-marriage-cases-at-supreme-court/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/10/hope-and-fear-in-gay-marriage-cases-at-supreme-court/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:56:39 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=229616 WASHINGTON — Gay marriage supporters see 41 reasons to fret over the Supreme Court’s decision to take up the case of California’s ban on same-sex unions. While nine states allow same-sex partners to marry, or will soon, 41 states do not. Of those, 30 have written gay marriage bans into their state constitutions. That fact [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/10/hope-and-fear-in-gay-marriage-cases-at-supreme-court/feed/ 0