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Justices decline Md. homebuyers’, Baltimore killer’s appeals
The U.S. Supreme Court this week declined a request from counsel for more than 1,000 homebuyers that it revive their class-action lawsuit alleging they were harmed by an undisclosed kickback […]
Baltimore killer urges justices to hear ineffective-assistance claim
A convicted murderer has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn his conviction because his attorney failed to request a jury instruction on the defense of alibi after […]
Justices show interest in hearing Germantown murderer’s appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has shown interest in hearing the appeal of a woman sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of her husband’s ex-wife in Germantown seven […]
Westminster robber makes final plea for Supreme Court review
In a final plea for the Supreme Court to hear his appeal, a convicted Westminster armed robber told the justices Monday that his trial attorney’s failure to exclude from the […]
Maryland urges justices to reject ineffective-assistance appeal
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear a convicted armed robber’s argument that his conviction should be overturned because his defense attorney […]
Md. high court reinstates Baltimore murder conviction
A divided Maryland high court last week reinstated a man’s first-degree felony murder conviction, saying his attorney’s failure to request a jury instruction on the defense of alibi did not […]
Syed makes final plea for Supreme Court review
In his final plea for the Supreme Court to hear his appeal, “Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed has urged the justices to focus on his defense attorney’s failure to investigate […]
Md. high court upholds robbery conviction despite biased juror
Maryland’s top court has upheld an armed robbery conviction even though defense counsel failed to exclude from the jury a juror who acknowledged before trial his potential bias against accused […]
Md. high court hears state’s appeal in ‘Serial’ star Syed’s case
ANNAPOLIS — Attorneys for Maryland and for podcast star Adnan Syed battled Thursday before the state’s top court as it considers whether he was denied effective assistance of counsel when […]
Criminal defense lawyers back Syed before Md. high court
Criminal defense counsel has an ethical duty to contact potential alibi witnesses identified by clients regardless of whether the testimony would fall within the lawyers’ trial strategy, many well-known Maryland defense attorneys argued this week in urging the state’s top court to order the retrial of convicted murderer – and podcast star – Adnan Syed.
Maryland’s top court will hear state’s appeal in Syed case
Maryland’s top court will consider whether podcast star Adnan Syed’s murder conviction should be reinstated. The Court of Appeals agreed Thursday to hear the state’s argument that Syed’s trial attorney’s […]
Frosh urges Md. high court to review, reinstate Syed’s conviction
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh is urging the state’s top court to reinstate podcast star Adnan Syed’s murder conviction, saying his trial attorney’s ill-fated defense might have been flawed but was not constitutionally ineffective.
