Maryland’s top court suspended an immigration law attorney for 60 days Wednesday for failing to properly communicate with a client and improperly managing an attorney trust account. A majority of the Court of Appeals determined that Rockville attorney Raj Sanjeet ...
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State law trumps local control over the placement of solar electricity panels, Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Monday. In its 7-0 decision, the Court of Appeals said the Maryland General Assembly’s comprehensive delegation of regulatory authority to the state Public ...
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Maryland’s top court has upheld an armed robbery conviction even though defense counsel failed to exclude from the jury a juror who acknowledged before trial his potential bias against accused thieves. In its 6-1 decision Friday, the Court of Appeals ...
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Clayton Greene Jr. gave four reasons Thursday for stepping down from Maryland’s high court earlier this month and not waiting until he reaches the state’s mandatory judicial retirement age of 70 in early 2021 — his grandchildren. Greene, who joined ...
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ANNAPOLIS — The newest member of Maryland’s top court pledged Thursday to “work hard every day to justify” her seat on the Court of Appeals. “I am truly humbled by this appointment,” Judge Brynja M. Booth said at her ceremonial ...
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Maryland’s top court has refused to reinstate a man’s involuntary manslaughter and assault convictions, saying the trial judge should have barred prosecutors from disclosing the accused killer’s statement to police that he was at the crime scene to sell cocaine ...
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Maryland’s top court has upheld a $7.3 million award to an asbestos exposure victim and his wife despite a lack of direct evidence that the company found responsible had installed the flame-retardant carcinogen. In a 6-1 decision last week, the ...
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Clayton Greene Jr. has retired from the Maryland Court of Appeals, giving Gov. Larry Hogan the opportunity to appoint a majority of the judges on the state’s top court. Greene retired with no public announcement, but his departure from the ...
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Maryland’s highest court has suspended a Baltimore judge without pay for six months as a sanction for yelling at fellow judges and court staff, as well as for disrupting court proceedings and failing to properly process search warrants. The Commission ...
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Selling heroin to someone who later overdoses can rise to the level of manslaughter under certain circumstances, the state’s high court ruled Monday in a case watched by prosecutors around Maryland. The Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 decision, reinstated the ...
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