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Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility, Disbarment: Court of Appeals disbarred lawyer who knowingly failed to disclose during bar application process that, in civil case to which lawyer was party, trial court found that lawyer had engaged in dishonesty and misconduct, ...

Court of Special Appeals Evidence, Marital communications privilege: Text message communications between the defendant and his wife were protected under the marital communications privilege, and the trial court committed reversible error by admitting them into evidence. Sewell v. State, No. ...

Court of Appeals Evidence, En banc review: Where the State filed a request for en banc review of the trial court’s evidentiary ruling but did not identify any points or questions for review or state reasons why the hearing judge’s ...

Court of Appeals Administrative Law, Zoning: Because the Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between the City of College Park and Prince George’s County controlled only the power that the County delegated to the City, not power that originated from other sources ...

Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility, 30-day suspension: Court of Appeals suspended from practice of law in Maryland for thirty days lawyer who was a member of, and counsel for, limited liability company, and engaged in actions not authorized by the ...

Court of Special Appeals Criminal Procedure, Reopening a case: At the defendant’s murder trial, after both sides rested and the defense made a motion of acquittal, arguing simply that the State had not proved its case, the trial court erred ...

Court of Special Appeals Criminal Law, Felony murder: Where, following the defendant’s conviction of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, the defendant’s second-degree murder conviction was reversed based on a subsequent ...

Court of Appeals Evidence, Expert testimony: In a lawsuit involving damages arising from a motor vehicle accident, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the plaintiff’s post-accident medical treatment records into evidence because the records satisfied the ...

Court of Appeals Constitutional Law, Confrontation Clause: Judgment of the Court of Special Appeals, which affirmed defendant’s conviction, reversed because, where trial court denied the defense the opportunity to cross-examine State’s witness as to his own pending criminal charges, defendant ...

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Court of Special Appeals Labor and Employment, Discrimination: In an complaint alleging unlawful workplace discrimination against an employee, an African-American male born in Nigeria, the circuit court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of the employer where, ...