Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Ineffective assistance of counsel: While the failure of the defendant’s trial counsel to contact a potential alibi witness constituted deficient performance under the standard set forth in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), the ...

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Court of Appeals Real Property; Covenants running with the land: Real estate brokers’ demand that property’s new owner pay the commissions due on lease renewal was properly rejected because the covenant to pay commissions was a personal one that did ...

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4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Search & seizure: Judgment of the district court convicting defendant of child pornography, among other things, vacated because, where police seized defendant’s cell phone and did not obtain a warrant until 31 ...

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Court of Special Appeals Civil Procedure; Appellate jurisdiction: Where purchaser of real property acquired rights in the property at a foreclosure sale, but paid a higher price because of the enhanced value attributable to the improvements that it had made, appeal ...

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Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility, Disbarment: Court of Appeals disbarred lawyer who engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice by failing to keep client reasonably informed about the status of client’s matter, failing to respond to client’s repeated ...

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Court of Appeals Administrative Law, Quasi-judicial act: Because a city council’s decision denying a developer’s application to amend the General Development Plan for an area located within the city was reached on individual grounds involving one parcel of land through a ...

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  4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure, Sentencing: Defendant’s sentence vacated and remanded for resentencing because district court failed to consider defendant’s arguments for a lower sentence. United States of America v. Carl Javan Ross, No. 17-4242. Evidence, ...

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Court of Special Appeals Commercial Law, Four Cent Rule: The circuit court judgment correctly found that the “Four Cent Rule,” which was initially enacted in 1978 to address what was then perceived to be a serious problem involving the oversight ...

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Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility, Indefinite suspension: Indefinite suspension with right to apply for reinstatement after six months was appropriate sanction for previously disbarred and reinstated attorney who violated Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct by, among other things, misrepresenting ...

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Court of Appeals Civil Procedure, Statute of limitations: Since the licensing requirement of the Maryland Consumer Loan Law, Maryland Code, Commercial Law Article constitutes an “other specialty” within the meaning of §5-102(a)(6) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, actions ...

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