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Former MD financial services provider pleads guilty to theft scheme, securities fraud
Former financial adviser Clarence Woods Jr. pleaded guilty in Maryland to theft and securities fraud, owing $573K in restitution to victims.
Md. man pleads guilty to laundering $6.2M in ‘romance scheme’
GREENBELT — A Maryland man pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to launder more than $6.2 million from a “romance scheme” to fraudulently solicit money from more than 200 victims targeted […]
4 plead guilty to dogfighting conspiracy spanning 3 states and DC
Four people have pleaded guilty to federal dogfighting and conspiracy charges for their roles in an interstate dogfighting network spanning the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey, a federal prosecutor said.
Maryland man pleads guilty to stealing $276K in online dating scams
A Maryland man has pleaded guilty in Virginia to defrauding women whom he met through online dating websites, using phony identities to dupe them into sending him money.
Brady disclosure does not apply to guilty pleas, Md. court says
Maryland prosecutors need not tell defendants about the past dishonesty of the state’s witnesses before a guilty plea is entered, Maryland‘s second-highest court has ruled in upholding the drug possession […]
Federal judge delimits ineffective assistance of counsel claims
A lawyer’s failure to warn clients that a guilty plea in state court can be used against them in a federal criminal proceeding does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel, […]
Md. high court: No post-conviction DNA testing for guilty, Alford pleas
People who plead guilty to a crime or concede that the state has enough evidence to convict them forfeit their right to test a later-discovered DNA sample that could prove their innocence, Maryland’s top court has ruled.
Md. memorabilia vendor pleads guilty in sale of $2.5M of fake goods
The former owner of a group of internet sports memorabilia businesses with facilities in Maryland and Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to a $2.5 million dollar fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s […]
Maryland jail corrections officer pleads guilty to smuggling
ANNAPOLIS — The third of four county corrections officers indicted in a contraband smuggling operation at an Annapolis jail has pleaded guilty. The Capital Gazette of Annapolis reports that 42-year-old […]
CALVIN PARNELL v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Calvin Parnell, appellant, filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis and Motion to Vacate Guilty Pleas, arguing that in 2000, he “unintelligently, unknowingly, and involuntarily” entered into a guilty plea agreement, which resulted in the collateral consequence of an increased minimum sentence in a subsequent federal court proceeding.
MARCUS PRESTON v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Did the circuit court err in denying appellant’s petition for writ of error coram nobis where appellant asserted that his 2004 plea did not comport with Maryland Rule 4-242(c)?
ROBERT L. FITZGERALD v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Did the circuit court err in finding (1) that appellant waived his right to coram nobis relief, and (2) that appellant’s guilty plea was made knowingly and voluntarily?
