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Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Appeals: Although a case potentially presented the important issue of whether, under State v. Adams, 171 Md. App. 668 (2006), aff’d in part and rev’d in part, 406 Md. 240 (2008), a petitioner for ...

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Criminal Procedure; Collateral estoppel: Where, in a prior criminal case in which the defendant was ultimately acquitted of criminal charges, the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence was denied based on the court’s finding that police ...

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Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Consent to breath test: Where a police officer failed to read in Spanish a DR-15 Advice of Rights form to the defendant, a native Spanish speaker, before administering a breath test, the trial court ...

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Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Interstate compacts: Temporary custody under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, which provides for the transfer of a prisoner from the jurisdiction of incarceration to the “temporary custody” of the jurisdiction where charges are pending, ...

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Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Bifurcation of trials: In the defendant’s criminal trial, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant’s motion to bifurcate the charge of possession of a regulated firearm by a prohibited ...

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  Maryland Court of Special Appeals Family Law; Discovery sanctions: In a child custody case, the circuit court erred by precluding the mother from presenting evidence as a discovery sanction without first considering whether that evidence was relevant to the ...

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Maryland Court of Appeals Bankruptcy Law; Tolling provision: The tolling provision of the Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article, §5-202, applies only to actions that are dismissed by a United States Bankruptcy Court pursuant to the dismissal procedures of Title 11 ...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Criminal Procedure; Closing argument: During the State’s closing argument at the defendant’s criminal trial, the trial court did not err in allowing the State’s comments specifically in response to defense counsel’s closing remarks because, while ...

Maryland Court of Appeals Torts; Joint tortfeasor liability: Under the plain language of the Maryland Uniform Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors Act, which states that for the statutory right of contribution to apply, a joint tortfeasor must be “liable in tort” ...

Maryland Court of Appeals Evidence; Authentication: At the defendant’s trial for attempted robbery and related offenses, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting Facebook-related evidence where there was sufficient circumstantial evidence under Maryland Rule 5-901(b)(4) for a ...

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