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Criminal procedure — Discharge of counsel — Inquiry A jury, sitting in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, convicted Percy Lee Milbourne, appellant, of second-degree assault. On March 15, 2019, the court sentenced him to ten years’ incarceration. On appeal, ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Traffic stop Zakki Scott, appellant, entered a conditional guilty plea1 in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County to possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance (crack cocaine) and ...

Criminal law — Sufficiency of the evidence — Wearing, carrying, or transporting handgun in vehicle Baxter Mitchell, appellant, was arrested and charged with multiple gun-related offenses after several firearms were discovered in the trunk of a vehicle owned by another ...

Criminal law — Sufficiency of the evidence — First-degree murder Appellant, Jaymarri Rodney Boykin, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County of first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a crime ...

Criminal law — Sufficiency of the evidence — Participation in criminal gang A jury sitting in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County found the appellant, Cristhyan Hernandez-Romero, guilty of participation in a criminal gang, assault in the second degree, ...

Administrative law — Maryland Tax Court — Water Quality Protection Charge Ben Porto & Son, Ltd. (“Porto”) is engaged in the business of operating a rock quarry, mining rock, and selling rock building materials in Montgomery County, Maryland. Porto doesn’t ...

Administrative law — Appeal to Board of Appeals — Timeliness The Montgomery County Board of Registration revoked JRK Contractor LLC’s license to construct new homes in the County. JRK responded by filing, among other things, an untimely appeal to the ...

Criminal procedure — Motion to include evidence — Post-arrest drug test On December 12, 2018, a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County convicted appellant of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of cocaine. Appellant was sentenced ...

Criminal procedure — Illegal sentence — Resentencing This case arises from a second remand by this Court to the Circuit Court for Dorchester County. Appellant Rodney Stephenson challenges his sentence wherein, the Circuit Court merged his conviction for transporting a ...

Criminal law — Sufficiency of the evidence — Kidnapping and sex offense Appellant, Glenn Joseph Raynor, was indicted in the Circuit Court for Harford County and charged with kidnapping and multiple sex offense. He was tried and convicted by a ...