Fed up with dog poop being left around, board members at a Maryland condominium complex are now relying on DNA samples to police unscooped feces.
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Read More »August 24, 2018 Comments Off on Condo spends $2,500 on DNA kits to solve dog poop mysteries
Fed up with dog poop being left around, board members at a Maryland condominium complex are now relying on DNA samples to police unscooped feces.
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Read More »July 6, 2018 Comments Off on DNA leads to man’s conviction in 2008 Maryland rape case
A man has been convicted of rape and false imprisonment in a 2008 Maryland cold case.
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Read More »January 4, 2015 Comments Off on Valid evidence gathering, or violation of rights?
Maryland’s top court will again examine the scope of law enforcement’s authority to collect and test a criminal suspect’s DNA without a warrant.
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Read More »April 22, 2014 Comments Off on Dentist loses post-conviction challenge
Indigent convicts have no statutory right to counsel for post-conviction petitions seeking DNA evidence, Maryland’s top court ruled unanimously Tuesday.
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Read More »August 25, 2013 Comments Off on On second hearing, rape verdict stands
A man’s conviction in a 1984 rape will stand despite issues raised about DNA evidence presented during the trial.
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Read More »March 1, 2012 Comments Off on Man given 3 life sentences for 1970s rapes
ROCKVILLE — A convicted rapist was sentenced to three additional life terms, two of them to be served consecutively, for rapes he committed in Maryland in the 1970s. The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office reports Timothy Joseph Buzbee was sentenced ...
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Read More »November 22, 2011 Comments Off on 4th Circuit reverses 1982 murder conviction
RICHMOND, Va. — The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the conviction of a South Carolina man who has spent most of the last 29 years on death row, ruling his trial attorneys failed to challenge forensic evidence that could ...
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Read More »November 22, 2011 Comments Off on Suspect in East Coast rapes could stand trial in Virginia
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Connecticut prosecutors will try to send a man suspected in rape cases along the East Coast to face trial first in Virginia, where a prosecutor asked for him to be extradited to answer for “heinous crimes.” ...
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Read More »October 23, 2011 Comments Off on Opinions – 10/24/11: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Criminal Procedure Waiver of Miranda rights BOTTOM LINE: Where defendant did not unequivocally invoke his right to counsel, he waived his Miranda rights and, therefore, the statement defendant made during his custodial interrogation by police was admissible at trial. CASE: ...
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Read More »September 25, 2011 Comments Off on Convicted murderer can question lab tech about DNA from 1973 case
Maryland’s top court has revived a convicted murderer’s effort to recover DNA evidence from the state he contends will exonerate him of the 1973 slaying. The Court of Appeals on Thursday said Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kaye A. Allison ...
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