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VA man who plotted with au pair to kill his wife gets prison
Brendan Banfield, a former IRS agent who plotted with his Brazilian au pair to kill his wife and a man lured to the family’s Northern Virginia home, has been sentenced.
Harvey Weinstein’s third NY rape trial ends in mistrial
Harvey Weinstein's third trial in New York over allegations he used his Hollywood clout to prey upon and sexually abuse women ended in a mistrial.
SC lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s murder conviction overturned
South Carolina’s top court overturned the murder conviction of former lawyer Richard "Alex" Murdaugh, who was serving two consecutive life sentences for allegedly killing his wife and son.
Father of accused Georgia school shooter convicted of second-degree murder
Colin Gray, the father of a boy charged with killing four people at a high school in Georgia in 2024, was found guilty of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.
Judicial wordplay: N.C. drug case turns on meanings of ‘keep’
In relationships, exactly what constitutes “a keeper” is different for everyone. Even within a single North Carolina statute, there are two distinct meanings.
Md. appeals court upholds convictions in beer pong sex assault cases
The conviction of a Montgomery County man found guilty of raping at least five men he met at beer pong events has been upheld by the Court of Special Appeals. […]
Man convicted of slaying another man in Salisbury
SALISBURY — A 22-year-old man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of another man. The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that on Thursday, a Wicomico County […]
Court of Appeals reinstates murder conviction for Eldersburg tavern shooting
Maryland’s top court Tuesday reinstated a murder conviction after finding a supplemental jury instruction on transferred intent was not an abuse of the trial court’s discretion. Jacob Bircher received a […]
Md. appellate court affirms depraved heart murder conviction
The Court of Special Appeals Tuesday affirmed the 2014 second-degree murder conviction of a Carroll County man who shot his girlfriend when he says she tried to stop him from […]
Court says state can also appeal retrial ruling
Saying what’s good for the defense is good for the state, a Maryland appeals court has ruled prosecutors can appeal a judge’s decision that a convict should be granted a retrial based on newly discovered evidence and a reasonable showing of “actual innocence.”
Woman weighs lawsuit over Md. doc’s licensing
A woman who says she was molested by a doctor at a western Maryland walk-in clinic in April was astonished when she learned after contacting police that the man had served prison time for a 1987 Florida rape conviction, her lawyer said Tuesday.
Man challenges conviction based on sweat police swabbed from his chair
The rape investigation was going into its third year when the victim suggested that the perpetrator might have been someone she knew.
