http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:13:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/06/07/zimmerman-judge-considers-allowing-voice-experts/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/06/07/zimmerman-judge-considers-allowing-voice-experts/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:00:47 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=241310 SANFORD, Fla. — An expert hired by an Orlando newspaper testified Friday that screams for help on 911 calls don’t match neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman’s voice. Tom Owen testified on the second day of a hearing that will determine whether voice identification experts can be used at Zimmerman’s second-degree trial for fatally shooting 17-year-old [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/06/07/zimmerman-judge-considers-allowing-voice-experts/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/30/george-zimmerman-wont-seek-immunity-hearing/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/30/george-zimmerman-wont-seek-immunity-hearing/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:45:35 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238711 SANFORD, Florida — The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting a Florida teenager told a judge Tuesday that he agrees with his defense attorneys’ decision not to seek an immunity hearing under the state’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law. Under questioning from Circuit Judge Debra Nelson, George Zimmerman repeatedly said “yes” to a [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/30/george-zimmerman-wont-seek-immunity-hearing/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/27/werdesheim-receives-probation-in-neighborhood-watch-beating-case/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/27/werdesheim-receives-probation-in-neighborhood-watch-beating-case/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:25:28 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=218150 A former member of an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group convicted in the 2010 beating of a black teenager in Baltimore received a suspended sentence Wednesday in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Eliyahu Werdesheim, 24, was handed a three-year suspended sentence and three years of probation for convictions on charges of second-degree assault and false imprisonment. [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/27/werdesheim-receives-probation-in-neighborhood-watch-beating-case/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/02/eli-werdesheim-testifies-in-neighborhood-watch-trial/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/02/eli-werdesheim-testifies-in-neighborhood-watch-trial/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:48:13 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214584 The fates of two brothers charged with beating a black teenager while patrolling for a Jewish neighborhood watch are in the hands of a judge in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The two sides presented their closing arguments to Judge Pamela White on Wednesday and she plans to announce her decision Thursday afternoon. Eliyahu and Avi [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/02/eli-werdesheim-testifies-in-neighborhood-watch-trial/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/judge-denies-motion-to-drop-charges-against-werdesheims/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/judge-denies-motion-to-drop-charges-against-werdesheims/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 23:18:27 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214556 A Baltimore judge has denied a motion to drop charges against two brothers accused of beating a black teenager while patrolling for a Jewish neighborhood watch. The request came after the state rested its case Tuesday in the bench trial for Eliyahu and Avi Werdesheim, who are charged in the 2010 beating of a 15-year-old [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/judge-denies-motion-to-drop-charges-against-werdesheims/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/witness-eli-werdesheim-acted-in-self-defense/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/witness-eli-werdesheim-acted-in-self-defense/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 17:42:50 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214527 The president of a neighborhood watch group says he believes one of two brothers charged with assaulting a teen acted in self-defense. Daniel Harris, president of Shomrim of Baltimore, testified Tuesday in the trial of two brothers charged with beating a black teen while patrolling for the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group. Harris says he [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/witness-eli-werdesheim-acted-in-self-defense/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/27/lawyer-zimmerman-has-raised-200000-for-defense/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/27/lawyer-zimmerman-has-raised-200000-for-defense/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:22:21 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214312 SANFORD, Fla. — The attorney for George Zimmerman said he didn’t know his client had raised $200,000 before a bond hearing last week. Mark O’Mara told the judge Friday that Zimmerman’s family hadn’t informed him about the money before his client was granted $150,000 bond. Florida Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester said he wanted to know [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/27/lawyer-zimmerman-has-raised-200000-for-defense/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/25/change-of-venue-motion-pulled-in-balto-neighborhood-watch-beating-case/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/25/change-of-venue-motion-pulled-in-balto-neighborhood-watch-beating-case/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:24:47 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214111 A trial is set to begin for two brothers accused of beating a black teenager while patrolling for a Jewish neighborhood watch in Baltimore.

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/25/change-of-venue-motion-pulled-in-balto-neighborhood-watch-beating-case/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/12/zimmerman-makes-court-appearance-in-fla-shooting/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/12/zimmerman-makes-court-appearance-in-fla-shooting/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:20:05 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/12/zimmerman-makes-court-appearance-in-fla-shooting/ SANFORD, Fla. — Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first court appearance Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. During the brief appearance, Zimmerman stood up straight, looked straight ahead and wore a gray prison jumpsuit. He spoke only to answer “Yes, sir,” twice after he was asked [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/12/zimmerman-makes-court-appearance-in-fla-shooting/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/09/homeowners-association-could-be-sued-in-martin-case/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/09/homeowners-association-could-be-sued-in-martin-case/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:38:02 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/09/homeowners-association-could-be-sued-in-martin-case/ SANFORD, Fla. — If Trayvon Martin’s family sues over his death, they might not target George Zimmerman but instead the homeowners association of the neighborhood where the shooting happened and Zimmerman lived. That’s because if Zimmerman’s claim that he shot the unarmed 17-year-old in self-defense is upheld by prosecutors, a judge or a jury, Florida’s [...]

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