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Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Video recording After a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Gregory Bowyer, Jr. was convicted of second-degree murder. He raises five issues on appeal which we have rephrased ...

Criminal procedure — Illegal sentence — Restitution A jury in the Circuit Court for Harford County convicted appellant, Ronald Brian Comer, Jr., of two counts of second-degree assault, but acquitted him of more serious murder, conspiracy, and handgun charges. After ...

Criminal procedure — Jury selection — Batson challenge At the conclusion of his three-day trial, a jury in the Circuit Court for Calvert County found appellant, Theodore Logan, guilty of robbery, theft, and reckless endangerment. The court sentenced appellant to ...

Torts — Lead exposure — Causation Jua’Drek Addison, appellant, appeals from the entry of summary judgment by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in favor of Baltimore School Associates, LLLP; Crowninshield Management Corp.; Jolly Company, Inc.; and the Estate of ...

Real property — Riparian landowners — Use of beach This appeal raises issues regarding the demarcation of the boundary between the foreshore and adjacent fast land, which border navigable waters, and the circumstances by which the public can obtain an ...

Criminal law — Sufficiency of evidence — First-degree murder Appellant, Derek Black, was indicted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence. After ...

Criminal procedure — Ineffective assistance of counsel — Burden of proof In 2008, Thomas Taylor, appellee, was convicted by a jury sitting in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of crimes related to a shooting outside a convenience store. Nine ...

Criminal law — Sufficiency of the evidence — Conspiracy to commit home invasion Appellant Shawn Malley was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of home invasion, conspiracy to commit home invasion, second-degree assault, and carrying ...

Criminal procedure — Illegal sentence — Probation On December 18, 2015, Warren Matthew Giddings, appellant, pled guilty to one count of third-degree sexual offense in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. The court sentenced appellant to ten years of imprisonment, ...

Torts — Property owner — Duty of care This is an appeal from a judgment by the Circuit Court for Frederick County, in which the court granted summary judgment in favor of appellees. Appellant, Ae Suk Ko, individually, and as ...