In an appeal pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, criminal defense attorneys from outside the state have assailed Maryland’s “rigid” rule enabling prosecutors to prosecute cold cases so long as the prosecution’s delay in securing an indictment was not designed to give the state a tactical advantage over the defendant.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has shown interest in hearing the appeal of a convicted rapist and murderer who says his constitutional right to due process was violated during the 20-year span between the brutal slaying of a teenage girl in ...

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A convicted rapist and murderer has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn his conviction, saying his constitutional right to due process was violated during  the 20-year span between the brutal slaying of a teenage girl in Frederick ...

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Maryland’s top court Monday upheld the constitutionality of a Baltimore ordinance that bans food truck vendors from operating within 300 feet of restaurants selling similar edibles. The Court of Appeals said the “300-foot rule” is “rationally related” to the city’s ...

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An eyewitness pointing out a suspected killer in a photo array or lineup raises constitutional concerns that an identification by someone who knows the suspect does not, Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Tuesday in saying a woman’s recognition of her ...

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Business owners, clergy and three Republican state delegates are appealing a federal judge’s rejection Wednesday of their constitutional challenge to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s state-at-home orders. The challengers Friday notified the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to soon expect ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan defended his stay-at-home order for Marylanders against a legal attack from business owners, clergy and three fellow Republicans, calling the executive order “narrowly tailored” to achieve the state’s “compelling interest” of protecting the public from the deadly ...

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A police officer’s failure to advise a Spanish-speaking motorist of his rights in his spoken language and give directions in his native tongue should have rendered his failed breath alcohol and field sobriety tests inadmissible at his drunk-driving trial, a ...

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A federal judge Thursday ordered the release of two Worcester County Detention Center detainees after discovering a third detainee had exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 virus, information the jurist said was known but not disclosed to the court by either jail ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 45th anniversary of Major League Baseball’s one-millionth run. Here are some news items to get your week started. — COVID-19 hits law firms hard. — Virginia lawyer names himself an heir to client’s estate. — Georgia ...

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