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Criminal procedure — Illegal sentence — Merger of armed robbery and use of gun Thurman Spencer, appellant, appeals the denial, by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, of his motion to correct illegal sentence. For the reasons that follow, we ...

Real property — Tax sale — Void ab initio The litigation that resulted in these consolidated appeals commenced when Thornton Mellon, LLC, (“Mellon”), appellant, filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City two complaints to foreclose the rights of redemption ...

Civil litigation — Constructive fraud — Attorney’s fees Angelique Best, appellant, noted an appeal from rulings of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County granting summary judgment in favor of appellees and awarding attorney’s fees. Ms. Best presents four questions ...

Contracts — Loan — Assignment agreement This case arises from a dispute between companies owning various interests in a defaulted loan that is secured by real property. When it made the loan, the original lender sold a 50% participation interest ...

Torts — Assault — Intent to frighten The “intent-to-frighten” type of common law assault requires that the defendant intend to place the victim in reasonable apprehension of imminent, harmful contact. The issue before us is how imminent must the impending ...

Estates and trusts — Real property — Lis pendens On November 17, 2017, Samira Jones (“Appellee”) filed a Notice of Lis Pendens in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County against Jeanne Ellis (“Appellant”) individually and the Estate of John ...

Torts — Motor torts — Directed verdict In this appeal from a civil action tried by a jury in the Circuit Court for Talbot County, Bjorn Egeli, appellant, challenges the trial court’s denial of a motion for directed verdict. For ...

Torts — Slip and fall — Medical records In this appeal from a civil action in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Susie Tucker, appellant, challenges the court’s award of summary judgment to Jacob Lee and Mid Atlantic Seafood, ...

Criminal law — Sufficiency of the evidence — Attempted murder Appellant Jamar Lee Holmes was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Harford County of attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, firstdegree assault, and second-degree assault. Appellant presents ...

Criminal procedure — Writ of actual innocence — Abuse of discretion In 2011, a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City convicted Ronald M. Brooks, appellant, of first-degree assault, use of a handgun in the commission of a crime ...