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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Consumer Protection; Absent class member: Where 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) provides a magistrate judge with jurisdiction to approve a class action and enter judgment only by consent of the parties, the Fourth ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Criminal; Exigent Circumstances: Where the defendant’s former girlfriend told police he had broken into her home, was armed and had threatened to kill her, her family or law enforcement; the police found ...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Administrative: Where a state statue and the Prince George’s County code both provide an exemption from recordation and transfer taxes for transfers to “the State[,] an agency of the State[,] or a political subdivision in ...

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Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Law; Perjury: Under Maryland’s common-law “two-witness rule,” which provides that the State cannot prove the falsity element of a perjury prosecution solely by offering a single witness who testifies directly and positively that the defendant’s ...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Criminal Law; Double Jeopardy: Where the defendant was convicted of second-degree assault as well as of a violation a civil court protective order, merger was not required because, unlike a criminal offense, a civil protective ...

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Civil Procedure; Appeals: An immediate appeal may be taken when a circuit court vacates an enrolled judgment ratifying a foreclosure sale, but an immediate appeal is not allowed where a circuit court order vacates an ...

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Administrative Law; Exhaustion of remedies: The county’s approval of a forest conservation plan, which was but one component of the administrative approval process, was not a final order and thus did not allow for a ...

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Criminal Procedure; Authentication of electronic evidence: Where defendant charged with drug-related offenses moved to exclude text messages obtained from his phone, circuit court did not err in denying the motion because, under the reasonable juror ...

Maryland Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility; Disbarment: Laches was not a valid defense, and disbarment was the appropriate sanction, for a Maryland attorney who, in his capacity as prosecutor, knowingly and intentionally failed to disclose for more than decade exculpatory ...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Criminal Procedure; Competency to stand trial: Where the defendant was originally charged in district court with various misdemeanor offenses and was found incompetent to stand trial and was committed to a health care facility, and ...