On March 22, the Court of Appeals dismissed judicial disciplinary proceedings against Howard County District Judge Mary C. Reese. (The court’s reasons are to be stated in an opinion to be filed.) Five days later, the Court of Appeals held ...

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The Court of Appeals has formally dismissed the pending disciplinary case against retired Baltimore City Circuit Judge Alfred Nance in light of his decision to step down from the bench Dec. 1. Nance was recommended for removal from office by ...

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The Court of Appeals will decide whether to follow a recommendation that the longtime Baltimore judge be removed from the bench.

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A Maryland judge has not been removed from office as a disciplinary measure in more than 30 years, but that could change if the Court of Appeals follows the state judicial discipline panel’s recommendation about a Baltimore judge. The Maryland ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Baltimore city judge accused of a “disrespectful and unprofessional demeanor” on the bench was behaving as an “old school,” veteran judge, his lawyer said a hearing Thursday. Circuit Judge Alfred Nance faces nine counts of misconduct at a multi-day ...

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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge whose declaration of a mistrial in 2015 following repeated clashes with defense counsel led to the dismissal of first-degree murder charges now faces formal disciplinary proceedings by the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities for ...

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Prosecutors have dropped their appeal of the dismissal of murder charges against a man whose trial ended in a mistrial after Baltimore City Circuit Judge Alfred Nance questioned the competence of his defense attorney. Nance declared a mistrial last year ...

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The public defender whose confrontation with Baltimore City Circuit Judge Alfred Nance led to murder charges being dismissed was back in his courtroom last week. This time, instead of declaring a mistrial, Nance transferred Deborah Katz Levi’s case from his ...

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If you are a lawyer who does trial work in Baltimore City Circuit Court, chances are you know about Judge Alfred Nance’s courtroom rules. I have sat in the judge’s courtroom once or twice for stories and knew he ran ...

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The recently reported conduct of Baltimore City Circuit Judge Alfred Nance goes beyond any level of possible acceptance. It’s not a bad day; it’s simply bad.

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