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Torts — Slip and fall — Bare licensee Peronica Fleming, the appellant, brought this lawsuit against Mamie Scott, the appellee, seeking damages for injuries she suffered after falling on Ms. Scott’s property. At the time she fell, Ms. Fleming was ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Statements to police Appellant, Bradford Thompson, was indicted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and charged with possession of fentanyl and possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute. Following a jury ...

Real property — Foreclosure — Service of process Desmond Harley (“Harley”) appeals a decision of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County upholding the denial of his Motion to Stay or Dismiss the foreclosure and ratifying the foreclosure sale. Harley ...

Torts — Malicious conduct — Punitive damages Colbert Carter, Jr. (“Appellant”) brought suit against Charles County, Maryland, Charles County Sherriff’s Office, Officer Kevin Makle (“Appellee Makle”), and Officer David Walker (“Appellee Walker”) (collectively “Appellees”) in the Circuit Court for Charles ...

Criminal procedure — Voir dire — Kazadi William Lee Lucas, the appellant, seeks reversal of his jury convictions arising out of a shooting and attempted robbery. Read the opinion

Criminal procedure — Miranda warning — Post-Miranda silence After a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, Angelo Martez Patterson (“Appellant”) was found guilty of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of cocaine, and keeping and maintaining ...

Insurance law — Failure to act in good faith — Common law negligence This case returns to us following our earlier remand to the Circuit Court for Carroll County. Claiming a collapsed underground pipe caused sewage to flow into his ...

Civil litigation — Damages — Recovery from judgment debtor Securing a damages award in a lawsuit is one thing; recovering the damages from the judgment debtor is another. The former doesn’t guarantee the latter, and the latter sometimes requires persistence ...

Criminal procedure — Illegal sentence — Fraud, mistake or irregularity In 2015, while serving a sentence in Virginia, Antonio Cortez Monroe pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Worcester County to possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to modify sentence — Appealability In 2009, Artez McCallum, appellant, appeared in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime ...