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Civil litigation — Injunctive relief — Res judicata The underlying subject of this litigation is the effect of the stormwater management system for a newly constructed housing development on an adjacent, downhill property. The primary issue in this appeal, however, ...

Civil litigation — Revisory motion — Extrinsic fraud Thomas Morrison (“T. Morrison”) filed a civil action against his stepmother, Alice Morrison (“A. Morrison”). A. Morrison filed a motion for summary judgment, which the Circuit Court for Montgomery County granted. T. ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Statement to police Appellant, Bailey Randal Patrick, was accused by A.A., a 14-year-old girl, of engaging in multiple instances of sexual contact with A.A. when he was 22 years old. Read the ...

Criminal law — Sufficiency of evidence — Drug possession A jury, sitting in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, found the appellant, Leroy Antonio Austin, guilty of volume possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, possession ...

Real property — Complaint to release lien — Service of process This appeal of a default judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County comes wrapped in a puzzling procedural history. In June 2013, appellee, Mr. John Jay received ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Vehicle seizure Appellant, Anthony Boward, was charged by criminal information in the Circuit Court for Washington County, Maryland, with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and related counts. After his motion to ...

Real property — Consumer protection — Prince George’s County Ernest and Maryann Elsberry (the “Elsberrys”) appeal the decision of the Circuit Court for Charles County granting Stanley Martin Companies, LLC’s (“Stanley Martin”) motion to dismiss their complaint. On appeal, the ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Search incident to arrest This case stems from an interaction between Delonte Sinclair (“Appellant”) and police. Appellant, along with a group of other individuals, was stopped by police after police observed the ...

Criminal procedure — Jury instruction — Accomplice On April 2, 2019, Xavier Farmer, appellant, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, use of a firearm in the commission ...

Torts — Negligence — Firefighter’s rule Appellant Kassondra Topper appeals the grant, by the Circuit Court for Frederick County, of a motion for summary judgment in favor of appellee John C. Thomas, as special administrator of the estate of Lynwood ...