Retired Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr., who literally wrote the book on the state’s evidentiary rules and served on three levels of the judiciary, has died.

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Maryland’s top court will consider among its approximately 150 appeals this term whether an internet sensation’s murder conviction should be reinstated.

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Of the 11 per curiam opinions issued by the Court of Appeals since June 22, seven were disbarments.

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ANNAPOLIS — State Sen. Ulysses Currie appeared for several hours Monday before the Maryland General Assembly’s joint ethics panel, which is considering the Prince George’s County senator’s failure to disclose work for a grocery store chain. Currie, a Democrat, appeared before ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Retired Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr. has agreed to be state Sen. Ulysses Currie’s counsel before a General Assembly ethics panel. Murphy, who now works for the Baltimore law firm Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin and ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley on Thursday named Robert N. “Bob” McDonald to Maryland’s highest court, succeeding Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr., who stepped down from the Court of Appeals in September. O’Malley also elevated Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Stuart Ross ...

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Former Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr. has joined Baltimore-based Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, where he will head the alternative dispute resolution practice and assist with litigation matters. His daughter, Erin Murphy, also works for the ...

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The Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission on Tuesday sent Gov. Martin O’Malley the names of four candidates for the Court of Appeals vacancy created when Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr. retired from Maryland’s top court Sept. 30. The nominees are: * ...

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The state’s highest court held Friday that the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development must give state residents a full contested case hearing before revoking their federal low-income housing vouchers. The Court of Appeals said the termination of Section ...

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The standard that Maryland jurors use in deciding whether to impose the death penalty is constitutional, the Court of Appeals held Tuesday. The decision comes three years and four months after the top court heard the challenge by Jody Lee ...

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