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A Wicomico County man found guilty last year in a retrial for the 1980 murder of his wife has had his second conviction upheld by Maryland’s intermediate appellate court.

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The city ordinance required pregnancy centers opposed to abortion to notify patients the facilities do not offer services for terminating or preventing pregnancies.

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A civil defendant facing a $500,000 default judgment – who did not respond to the case despite multiple attempts to reach her for nearly six years – may still be able to get the judgment vacated if she can prove she did not waive personal jurisdiction, the Court of Special Appeals has held.

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A videotaped, set-to-music victim impact statement designed to stir a sentencing judge’s emotions does not violate a convict’s federal constitutional right to due process...

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A Missouri woman convicted of child abuse is owed a new trial — one in which there is less discussion of the large reptiles in her home, a state appellate court has held.

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Adnan Syed should receive a new trial because his lawyer failed to investigate a potential alibi witness, a divided Court of Special Appeals held Thursday.

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An hour of Supreme Court arguments Wednesday shed little light on whether partisan gerrymandering can be so severe as to violate the minority party’s constitutional right to political association. But, if it can, the justices made clear Maryland’s 6th Congressional District would be the textbook case.

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Maryland’s top court Tuesday unanimously upheld a Baltimore judge’s public reprimand for judicial misconduct, saying a disciplinary body gave her sufficient notice and opportunity to be heard even if its proceedings were not the model of constitutional due process.

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ANNAPOLIS – An unsuccessful candidate for election to the Prince George’s County Circuit Court waited too long to challenge in court the constitutional qualifications of a successful opponent, Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Monday in rejecting a bid to unseat ...

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Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III is not responsible for a loan made when he was executive director of Community Teachers Inc. in 2003 because the collection agency did not prove he signed loan documents, the state’s intermediate appellate ...

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