Maryland Court of Special Appeals Criminal Law; Double Jeopardy: Where the defendant was convicted of second-degree assault as well as of a violation a civil court protective order, merger was not required because, unlike a criminal offense, a civil protective ...

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Civil Procedure; Appeals: An immediate appeal may be taken when a circuit court vacates an enrolled judgment ratifying a foreclosure sale, but an immediate appeal is not allowed where a circuit court order vacates an ...

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Administrative Law; Exhaustion of remedies: The county’s approval of a forest conservation plan, which was but one component of the administrative approval process, was not a final order and thus did not allow for a ...

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A Baltimore woman whose son was killed by police in 2012 can present documents to a grand jury in an effort to spur an investigation into the deadly shooting, an appeals court has ruled. The ruling is a partial victory ...

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Maryland voters will decide next year whether “justice” comes to the state. The Maryland Senate on Tuesday joined the House of Delegates in approving a proposed constitutional amendment to change the name of the state’s top judicial tribunal from the ...

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The House of Delegates took a step toward bringing “justice” to Maryland. On a 125-10 vote, the House endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment to change the name of Maryland’s top judicial tribunal from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme ...

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“Justice” might finally come to Maryland. A proposed state constitutional amendment now before the General Assembly would change the name of Maryland’s top judicial tribunal from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of Maryland and the title of ...

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday named Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Laura S. Ripken to the state’s second-highest court. Ripken’s nomination to the Court of Special Appeals is subject to Senate confirmation when the General Assembly reconvenes next week. ...

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Attention all Maryland trial judges and lawyers over age 30 who have lived in the state for the past five years, reside in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles or St. Mary’s counties, and yearn to be an appellate jurist. You have ...

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Four judges and 13 attorneys are vying for a seat on Maryland’s second-highest court that became vacant Nov. 5 when Judge Alexander Wright Jr. reached the state’s mandatory judicial retirement age of 70. Two of the judges and three of ...

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