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Both sides urge Md. high court to dismiss murder case
The Maryland Supreme Court is weighing whether a prosecutor’s effort to keep exculpatory evidence from the defense should result in the dismissal of criminal charges. The state’s highest court heard […]
Md. high court will weigh if Brady violation warrants dismissal of charges
Maryland's high court will consider when the prosecution’s willful failure to disclose potentially exculpatory evidence requires dismissal of criminal charges.
Prosecutors must disclose exculpatory evidence post-conviction under new rule
Maryland prosecutors must notify a judge or local state’s attorney if they discover evidence that a convict likely did not commit the crime.
Mosby seeks new trial for ‘Serial’ subject Adnan Syed
Convicted first-degree murderer Adnan Syed may get the new trial he has sought for 20 years in the strangling death of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee.
State’s late disclosure need not be Brady violation, Md. appeals court says
In sending the case back to the circuit court, the appellate court said it was taking no position on defense counsel’s claim that the prosecution had violated discovery rules and that dismissal of the charges should be the sanction.
Maryland high court disbars former Harford state’s attorney
A unanimous Maryland high court Friday disbarred retired Harford County State’s Attorney Joseph I. Cassilly for having withheld a potentially exculpatory report from the defense in a decades-old murder case […]
4th Circuit upholds $15M award to Baltimore exoneree
A federal appeals court Friday upheld a $15 million verdict to a man who spent nearly 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit because a Baltimore […]
Md. high court upholds conviction of graduating teens’ killer
A unanimous Maryland high court has upheld a man’s first-degree murder conviction in the killing of two Montgomery County teenagers on the eve of their high school graduation, saying the […]
Brady disclosure does not apply to guilty pleas, Md. high court says
Maryland prosecutors need not tell defendants about the past dishonesty of the state’s witnesses before a guilty plea is entered, Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Friday in upholding the drug […]
Killer of graduating teens appeals conviction in Md. high court
The attorney for a convicted killer of two Montgomery County teenagers on the eve of their high school graduation urged Maryland’s top court Thursday to overturn the first-degree murder conviction, […]
Md. high court weighs if Brady disclosure applies to guilty pleas
A defense attorney and a lawyer for the state battled last week before Maryland’s top court over whether the Constitution requires prosecutors to tell defendants about the past dishonesty of […]
