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Court of Special Appeals Criminal Procedure, Sentencing: Where a defendant was granted the opportunity to file a belated motion for modification of sentence following a successful post-conviction proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Postconviction Procedure Act, the circuit court had the ...

Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility, Disbarment: Disbarment was the appropriate sanction for a Maryland attorney who intentionally engaged in dishonest conduct and misused trust money as part of an advanced fee scam with clients and who subsequently misrepresented the existence ...

Court of Appeals Administrative Law, Acquisition of public utility: The Maryland Public Service Commission, which is charged with reviewing the proposed acquisition of an electric company in the State to ensure that the acquisition is “consistent with the public interest, ...

Court of Special Appeals Estates & Trusts, Will construction: To determine the meaning of clauses in a will appearing to limit the right of the testator’s wife to recover under the will, the circuit court properly considered undisputed evidence about ...

Court of Special Appeals Family Law, Child support enforcement: The trial court did not err in awarding attorney’s fees to the mother in a constructive civil contempt action against the father after the father willfully failed to comply with a ...

Court of Special Appeals Criminal Law, Lesser included offenses: Where an indictment charged the defendant with first-degree murder and other offenses but did not include a charge of assault in the first degree, the trial court erred in convicting the ...

Court of Appeals  Family Law, Termination of parental rights: In a termination of parental rights proceeding, it was not an abuse of discretion for the juvenile court to decline to terminate a minor child’s father’s parental rights where there existed ...

Court of Appeals Banking Law, Collection agencies: Based on statutory construction of the ambiguous provisions of the Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act (“MCALA”), Md. Code (1992, 2015 Rep. Vol.), Bus. Reg. (“BR”) §7-301, et seq., regarding the definition of a ...

Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility, Removal or discipline of judge: Although reasonable minds could differ regarding the merits of a district court judge’s decision in a peace order proceeding, because the judge’s decision was rooted in consideration of the law ...

Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure, Probation: When a circuit court administering a drug court program under Maryland Rule 16-207 considers the imposition of a sanction involving the loss of liberty or termination from the program, it must provide certain minimum ...