A videotaped, set-to-music victim impact statement designed to stir a sentencing judge’s emotions does not violate a convict’s federal constitutional right to due process...

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Maryland’s top court Tuesday unanimously upheld a Baltimore judge’s public reprimand for judicial misconduct, saying a disciplinary body gave her sufficient notice and opportunity to be heard even if its proceedings were not the model of constitutional due process.

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ANNAPOLIS – A Baltimore judge’s public reprimand for judicial misconduct must be overturned because her right to due process was violated by a disciplinary body that essentially convicted her without adequate notice and a timely chance to respond, the jurist’s ...

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Saying a zoning dispute does not create a constitutional crisis, a federal appeals court ruled Friday the Rockville City Council did not violate a self-storage company’s due-process and equal-protection rights by enacting an ordinance barring the construction of a facility ...

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A defense attorney told a skeptical Maryland high court Friday that a videotaped, set-to-music victim-impact statement designed to stir a sentencing judge’s emotions violated a convicted double-murderer’s federal constitutional rights to due process and be free from arbitrary and capricious ...

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Maryland’s top court on Wednesday opens the public sessions of its 2017-2018 term in which it will consider among its approximately 150 appeals the constitutional rights of individuals who flee from the police and of convicted criminals at sentencing. On ...

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Criminal defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial and ordered committed to a mental health facility must be transferred from pretrial detention to the hospital without unreasonable delay, lest their state constitutional right to due process be violated, Maryland’s top court ...

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Two food truck operators suing Baltimore city over a rule that keeps them from setting up near a restaurant specializing in the same cuisine are asking a judge to toss the regulation because it is “unconstitutional economic protectionism.” The rule ...

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Maryland’s second-highest court Tuesday overturned a man’s recent conviction on charges of having raped two teenagers 35 years ago, citing more recently discovered evidence that prosecutors in 1983 acknowledged their failure to bring him to trial within 180 days of ...

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Maryland’s top court will weigh if a set-to-music victim-impact video meant to stir a judge’s emotions violated a defendant’s constitutional rights.

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