Maryland’s top court Wednesday overturned the first-degree murder conviction and life sentence of a former Baltimore police sergeant who stood accused of having shot his mistress to death in 1993.

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Justices on Kansas' highest court expressed skepticism Wednesday that a man convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting of a Wichita abortion provider should get a new trial because he sincerely believed he was saving the lives of unborn children.

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WESTMINSTER — A Carroll County jury has convicted a Baltimore man of felony first-degree murder in the 2010 stabbing of a Westminster man. The Carroll County Times reported in its Friday edition that 29-year-old Tuson Reese was found guilty Thursday ...

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A man convicted of murdering a 15-year-old Woodlawn girl outside a Baltimore middle school in 2004 is entitled to a new trial, Maryland’s top court ruled Tuesday.

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Civil Procedure Statute of Repose  BOTTOM LINE: Plaintiff’s asbestos-related claims were barred by the Statute of Repose because defendant was not in actual possession and control of the property where plaintiff worked when the injury occurred. CASE: Burns v. Bechtel ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s Court of Appeals will take a broader look at an appeal by a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend. The court ruled late Friday that three additional issues can be argued ...

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Maryland’s top court Tuesday reinstated a Baltimore killer’s first-degree murder conviction and life sentence after concluding that judges validly rejected his request to change attorneys on the morning of trial.

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BEL AIR — A Maryland prosecutor says a man accused of cannibalism is expected to plead guilty but not criminally responsible in the slaying of a man staying with his family. Charging documents state Alex Kinyua, a 22-year-old former Morgan ...

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The trial of a man accused of first-degree murder in the 2010 death of a North Carolina teenager has been postponed. Both prosecution and defense lawyers requested the postponement Monday, saying thousands of pages of evidence must be sorted through ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A man who was paid $1,000 by his cousin to kill a dentist she was stealing from has been convicted of first-degree felony murder. Twenty-five-year-old Dante Jeter of Baltimore was also found guilty Monday by an Anne Arundel ...

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