Criminal Law Inconsistent verdicts BOTTOM LINE: Defendant’s conviction for first-degree assault could have been based on a theory of aggravated guilt that was not legally inconsistent with the acquittal of defendant on related handgun charges. CASE: Dickerson v. State, No. ...

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I should start by stating that I am not a lawyer, nor do I claim to be well versed in the law. However, something struck me this morning after seeing that the prosecution in the Trayvon Martin case went for ...

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On any given day, I may be in court. After enough trips, the process has become somewhat routine. I make sure that I am prepared, I arrive before the scheduled time (which allows me to talk with opposing counsel or ...

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Professor Byron L. Warnken will receive the Robert C. Heeney Award, a lifetime achievement honor from within Maryland’s criminal law community. The Heeney recipient is selected annually by the Maryland State Bar Association Criminal Law & Practice Section, and Warnken ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Civil Rights, Handicap discrimination under county code: Plaintiff’s latex allergy was an impairment which substantially limited her major life activities of socialization and parenting, and thus was a “handicap” within the meaning of the Howard County ...

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One of the partners at my law firm is a walking legal database. Whether I need to know a case dealing with fiduciary duties of a prior owner of a company or the last case in Maryland dealing with notices ...

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My old boss, Vice President Joe Biden, weighed in on “American exceptionalism” during a speech Monday. In subscribing to the idea, the former chairman of both the U.S. Senate Judiciary and Foreign Relations committees provided the unique perspective that our ...

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I understand that many people have a love/ hate relationship with their GPS. It can be a godsend for the directionally-challenged, but it can be an endless source of frustration when it loses its signal or only gets you in ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Criminal Law, Firearms: A “firearm” does not have to be operable in order to sustain a conviction under §5-133(c), which prohibits a person convicted of a crime of violence or other specified offenses from possessing a ...

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Criminal Law Firearms BOTTOM LINE: A “firearm,” as defined in Public Safety §5-101(h), does not have to be operable in order to sustain a conviction under §5-133(c), which prohibits a person convicted of a crime of violence or offenses related ...

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