Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Inconsistent verdicts: Where indictment charged defendant with robbery, second-degree assault, and theft, and jury returned a guilty verdict on the robbery and theft charges and a not guilty verdict on the second-degree assault charge, ...

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Maryland Court of Appeals Workers’ Compensation; Awards: The Workers’ Compensation Commission had the authority to reopen claimant’s award of permanent partial disability compensation and retroactively increase his rate of compensation because Section 9-736(a) of the Labor and Employment Article, the ...

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Court of Appeals Criminal Law; Gross negligence manslaughter: Where defendant’s underlying act of distribution of heroin, which resulted in his buyer’s death from overdose, was inherently dangerous, the circumstances surrounding his sale—including that the victim was desperate for heroin, the victim ...

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Court of Special Appeals Criminal Law; Restitution: In sentencing the defendant for convictions for threatening arson and possessing a firearm after a disqualifying conviction, the sentencing court did not err in ordering restitution of $2,400, representing first month’s rent and ...

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Court of Appeals Family Law; Termination of parental rights: A juvenile court abused its discretion when it declined to find both parents of a child unfit and to terminate parental rights even though it found that the parents were unable ...

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Court of Special Appeals Criminal Procedure; Sentencing: Where the defendant’s sentence was legal at the time that he filed a motion to correct an illegal sentence, the circuit court erred in granting the motion. State v. Bratt, No. 874, Sept. ...

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Court of Special Appeals Contract Law; Waiver of subrogation: Contractual waivers of subrogation do not shield a contracting party from third-party contribution and direct liability under the Maryland Uniform Contribution Among Joint-Tortfeasors Act. Gables Construction, Inc. v. Red Coats, Inc., ...

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Court of Appeals Administrative Law; Land annexation: Based on its interpretation of the ambiguous language of Local Government Article §4-403(b)(2), stating that before an annexation resolution is introduced, the legislative body shall obtain consent from: (1) at least 25 percent ...

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Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Voir dire: Judgment of the Court of Special Appeals, which affirmed the judgment of the circuit court, reversed because trial court abused its discretion by asking compound “strong feelings” questions and refusing to ask ...

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Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Post-conviction relief: Where client was convicted of one count of violating environmental regulations proscribing disposal of waste for each day on which the violation occurred, jury instruction that “every day on which a violation is ...

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