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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Criminal Law; Witness tampering: Where defendant married potential witness for State with intent to have her invoke spousal testimonial privilege to prevent her from testifying at trial, evidence was sufficient to support convictions for witness ...

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Criminal Procedure; Miranda warnings: Where, during a custodial interview conducted by a police detective in the defendant’s native language of Spanish, the defendant gave no indication that he was confused or did not understand anything ...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Commercial Law; Lending fees: Section 12-121 of the Commercial Law Article, which prohibits a “lender” from imposing a property inspection fee “in connection with a loan secured by residential property,” applies to assignees of the ...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Administrative Law; Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights: In a police disciplinary proceeding, although the administrative board transmitted its recommendation for a penalty for a police officer’s misconduct to the police commissioner’s office on September ...

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Maryland Court of  Special Appeals Civil Procedure; Discovery deadlines: The circuit court did not abuse its discretion in striking a critical witness when the party’s failure to meet the scheduling order deadlines resulted from an indefensible lack of diligence because, ...

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Administrative Law; Zoning application: An agency’s decision to deny an application for a special exception on the ground that procedural timeframes were not followed was arbitrary and capricious because the government waived the timeframes when ...

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Maryland Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility; Disbarment: Disbarment was the appropriate sanction for a Maryland attorney who commingled personal and client funds in his attorney trust account, used the funds in his attorney trust account for personal and familial financial ...

Maryland Court of Appeals Administrative Law; Due process: Under Health-General §10-708, the Maryland Department of Health is authorized to involuntarily medicate an individual for the purpose of restoring competency to stand trial, provided the Department complies with requirements of due ...

Maryland Court of Appeals Constitutional Law; Rational basis review: A city ordinance prohibiting mobile vendors from parking their food trucks within 300 feet of a competing retail establishment satisfied the applicable rational basis test because the rule was rationally related ...

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  Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Ineffective assistance of counsel: Where the motions court held in abeyance the defendant’s motion to modify a sentence under Rule 4-345(e), which grants a court revisory power over a sentence up until the  ...

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