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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 ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Eyewitness identification A jury sitting in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County convicted Keith Cook, Jr., appellant, of attempted robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and second-degree assault. The court sentenced him ...

Civil litigation — Motion to quash subpoena — Morgan doctrine The issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether the Circuit Court for Baltimore City erred when it denied a motion to quash subpoenas requiring former Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” ...

Zoning — Comprehensive plan — Conflict of interest This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Calvert County, granting summary judgment. Appellants, Susan Dzurec, Phyllis Sherkus, Michael King, and Myra Gowans, filed a Complaint for Declaratory ...