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Real property — Easement — Justiciability Appellant, Anstalt Almega (“Almega”), appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee, Seaside Holdings, LLC (“Seaside”) on Seaside’s complaint for declaratory judgment filed in the Circuit Court for Talbot County on ...

Criminal law — Sufficiency of the evidence — First-degree murder Appellant, Joseph Poteat, struck up a friendship with the victim, 32-year old Marquita Wimms, after meeting her at a tire store. He had known her for about a year when ...

Criminal procedure — Illegal sentence — Life with parole In 1982, following a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Robert Davis, appellant, was convicted of first-degree felony murder and use of a handgun in the commission of ...

Criminal procedure — Due process — Right to counsel at parole hearings In 1998 Christopher Terry pleaded guilty to first-degree rape. He was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. He was 16 years old at the ...

Employment law  — Discrimination — Hostile work environment This appeal arises from a lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County by Stacey Jones, appellant, against Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Inc. (“Hopkins”), her former employer, alleging that Hopkins discriminated ...

Real property — Mortgage — Reformation of mortgage instrument Gayla Smuck appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Carroll County, the Honorable J. Barry Hughes, presiding, which reformed a mortgage executed by Gayla Smuck as mortgagor. The appellee ...

Criminal procedure — Jury instruction — Quantity of controlled dangerous substance Appellant, Eric E. Frazier, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County of possession of phencyclidine (“PCP”) with intent to distribute. Frazier presents for our ...

Criminal law — Sufficiency of the evidence — First-degree assault A Montgomery County jury convicted Jonathan Hemming of attempted first-degree murder, first degree assault, two counts of use of a handgun in the commission of a felony, one count of ...

Administrative law — Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights — Failure to secure probable cause Michael Sokoloff, appellant, was terminated from his position as a Corporal in the Office of the Charles County Sheriff, appellee, after an administrative hearing board ...

Administrative law — Employees’ Retirement System — Final judgment rule The Employees’ Retirement System of Baltimore County (the “ERS”), appellant, challenges the April 3, 2018 order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County denying (1) ERS’s Motion to Stay Enforcement ...