Police officers were constitutionally justified in searching a car’s trunk for illegal drugs despite only finding them in a passenger’s possession during a traffic stop in Germantown and after a fruitless search of the vehicle’s interior, a divided Maryland high court ruled Friday.
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Maryland’s top court has declined to bar trial judges from ever instructing jurors that they may infer a criminal defendant’s culpability from a promised witness’s failure to testify at trial.
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A Maryland law limiting the state’s liability for injuries caused by its employees applies even when the workers were grossly negligent, the state’s top court unanimously ruled Thursday.
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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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The Maryland Court of Appeals disbarred a Glen Burnie attorney this week after finding she broke nearly a dozen rules of conduct in her handling of two clients’ immigration cases. Attorney Anita G. Aita broke rules related to competent and ...
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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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The Maryland Court of Appeals disbarred an attorney earlier this month because her past criminal conviction made her unfit to keep her license.
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The top court found investigators for the state judicial ethics panel did not prove sanctionable conduct beyond a reasonable doubt.
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ANNAPOLIS – Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera received the Senate’s highest award for governmental service Wednesday, telling the senators she shares with them the privilege, responsibility and obligation to serve their fellow Marylanders. “It is not about ...
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