Real property — County code — Fencing and landscaping In 2018, Malcom Burke, appellant, filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against Celia and John Martin, appellees, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Specifically, Mr. Burke asked the ...
Read More »KEVIN MIDDLETON v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Worker’s compensation — Withdrawal of claim — Statute of limitations On February 3, 2011, appellant Kevin Middleton was employed as a teacher by the Board of Education of Montgomery County (the “County”) when he slipped on ice and fell, injuring ...
Read More »GREGORY N. BROWN v. STONEFIELD INVESTMENT FUND IV, LLC, et al.
Real property — Tax sale — Right of redemption In this appeal from a civil action in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Gregory N. Brown, appellant, challenges the court’s entry of a judgment foreclosing the right of redemption in ...
Read More »MARIA E. MENA, et al. v. COUNCIL OF UNIT OWNERS OF THE GARDEN CONDOMINIUM II AT SUNSET ISLAND, et al.
Torts — Condominium associations — Business judgment rule We are called upon to analyze the role the Business Judgment Rule plays in tort claims against condominium associations. Maria Mena and her mother owned a condominium unit at Garden Condominium II ...
Read More »WILLIAM BURKINS v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Criminal procedure — Right to speedy trial — Motion to dismiss Appellant William Burkins entered a conditional guilty plea in the Circuit Court for Harford County to one count of robbery. The court sentenced him to fifteen years of incarceration, ...
Read More »EVERETT VAN CARR, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Criminal procedure — Illegal sentence — Alford plea Everett Van Carr, Jr., appellant, contends that the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County imposed an illegal sentence after he entered an Alford plea to second-degree assault, influencing a witness, and suborning ...
Read More »STEPHEN DOWNEY v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Criminal law — Sufficiency of evidence — Second-degree assault and misconduct in office Appellant Stephen Downey was convicted following a bench trial in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County of second-degree assault and misconduct in office. He presents a ...
Read More »ROBERT GARRIS v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Criminal procedure — Jury selection — Batson challenge A jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City convicted Robert Garris, the appellant, of the second-degree murder of Lamontrey Tynes and related offenses. Mr. Garris contends that the trial court erred ...
Read More »RICARDO C. MUSCOLINO v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Surveillance camera Following a nine-day jury trial in the Circuit Court for Harford County, Ricardo Muscolino, appellant, was convicted of the second-degree murder of his wife, Lara Muscolino, and of a handgun ...
Read More »DAMETRIES JENNINGS v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Criminal procedure — Jury instruction — Absence of flight Dametries Jennings, appellant, was convicted by a jury sitting in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County of reckless endangerment. Appellant asks the following question on appeal: Whether the trial court ...
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