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Criminal law — Sufficiency of the evidence — First-degree murder Appellant Carrington Sturgis was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, ...

Criminal procedure — Closing argument by state — Denigration of defense counsel A jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County convicted Ricardo Jose Mena Reynoso, Reynoso, of second degree rape, robbery, and second degree assault. For the rape ...

Criminal procedure — Request for trial postponement — Effort to obtain private counsel A jury sitting in the Circuit Court for Harford County found Matthew Moorehead guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree assault, use of a firearm ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Screenshot of text messages After a bench trial in the Circuit Court for Cecil County, appellant Eric Andre Young was convicted of fourth-degree burglary, second-degree assault, and malicious destruction of property valued ...

Adminstrative law — Disability accommodation — Arbitrary and capricious Jimmy Hall, appellant, is a participant in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Housing Choice Voucher Program (“HCV”), administered locally by the Housing Authority for Prince George’s County ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Cell phone On July 2, 2016, Amanda Duer and Derik Henderson were shot. Ms. Duer did not survive, but Mr. Henderson lived to identify the shooter as appellant Kenneth Frizzell Diggs, Jr. ...

Administrative law –Planning board — Substantial evidence Toll Brothers Inc. applied to the Montgomery County Planning Board to develop a parcel of land known as the “WMAL Radio Transmission Site” located in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Planning Board approved ...

Civil litigation — Default Judgment — Appellate review Appellants Leautry Dixon and Valerie Dixon were sued by Appellee Bank of America, N.A. (“BOA”) in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. They failed to respond to the complaint, failed to ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress testimony — Refreshed recollection In 2018, a jury convicted appellant Jermaine Bridges of robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and theft after he and a co-conspirator1 forcibly transferred $11 from a victim using a payment ...

Torts — Excessive force — Verbal threat In the early morning hours of August 24, 2013, William King, Jr., appellant, and four of his friends were in the parking lot outside the Nauti-Goose Saloon (the “NautiGoose”), a restaurant/bar located in ...