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Contracts — Tortious interference — Governmental action Massoud Heidary, appellant, filed, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, a complaint against the City of Gaithersburg (the “City”) alleging conversion, wrongful eviction, forcible detainer, and tortious interference with a contract. The ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Traffic stop A Calvert County jury convicted Enrick Bellosi of possession of Oxycodone with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone. Mr. Bellosi argues that the trial court erred in: (1) ...

Contracts — Breach — Legal entitlement On May 2, 2016, Chukwuemeka Egwu, appellant, filed a “Motion for the Court to Settle Bad Faith and Dehumanizing Claim Settlement Offer by Allstate Insurance Company,” which the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to strike due to evidence fabrication — Due diligence A jury, in the Circuit Court for Cecil County, convicted Henry Hamilton, appellant, of conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. Hamilton was sentenced to a term of twenty-five ...

Civil litigation — Taxpayer standing — Pecuniary loss Appellants, Anne George, Jody Kesner, and Jody Rosoff (collectively, “Appellants”) filed suit under the taxpayer standing doctrine on behalf of themselves and all similarly situated taxpayers in the Circuit Court for Baltimore ...

Civil litigation — Amended motion for summary judgment — Need for hearing Polly Traynham, appellant, appeals from the denial of her amended motion for summary judgment, by the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County, claiming that the court erred in ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Statement to police On June 8, 2017, a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City found appellant Avery Little guilty of: second-degree murder; use of a firearm in the commission of ...

Criminal procedure — Hearsay — Excited-utterance exception Following a five-day bench trial, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County convicted Ryan Salandy (“Appellant”) of second degree murder. During trial, Appellant attempted to move into evidence a statement that he believed was ...

Criminal procedure — Illegal sentence — Merger of use of handgun and assault Kevin Ramon Mosby, appellant, appeals the denial, by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, of a motion to correct illegal sentence. … On April 7, 2005, Mosby ...

Civil litigation — Summary-judgment motion — Request for more response time On November 9, 2015, Edmund Awah, appellant, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County against Southern Management Corporation (“SMC” or appellee), raising ...