This appeal turns on the scope of the Board’s authority to grant the relief the Kehoes sought, i.e., an order declaring that a reconfiguration of the three parcels and the allocation of the remaining density units to the reconfigured parcels would not exceed the uses allowed in R.C.2 zones.

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Jones appeals from his convictions and sentences, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions and that his assault sentences should merge under prevailing constitutional standards.

Tagged with: criminal procedure first-degree assault merger of sentences Nazarian Prince George's County second-degree assault Sept. Term 2014 sufficiency of the evidence

Mr. Betskoff raises two questions on appeal. He asks us to review his unpreserved objection to the jury instructions for “plain error” and contends that the circuit court erred in admitting the results of the field sobriety test.

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The State did not introduce evidence sufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Jenkins used a handgun in the shooting; his conviction for use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence is reversed.

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Twenty-three years after he was convicted of murder, and after other attempts at post-conviction relief had failed, Mr. Williams filed a Petition for Actual Innocence. The circuit court dismissed the petition, without a hearing, on the grounds that it failed to satisfy several procedural requirements. On appeal, Mr. Williams contends that the circuit court erred in dismissing his petition without a hearing.

Tagged with: Anne Arundel criminal procedure Nazarian Sept. Term 2013 writ of actual innocence

We will construe Mr. Limberry’s motion liberally and treat it as a petition to reopen a closed post-conviction proceeding. But that doesn’t get him very far: on that posture, he was required to file an application for leave to appeal the circuit court’s denial of his motion within thirty days, and he failed to do so.

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Draper argues that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction and that the circuit court erroneously allowed inadmissible hearsay testimony to be presented during his trial

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Leonard Mullikin appeals from his conviction for second-degree murder. He asks us to apply plain error review to errors he identifies in the circuit court’s jury instructions and to improper statements made by the State in closing argument.

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Frederick Jones appeals from an Order granting Hyundai Motors Motion to Enforce Settlement. Mr. Jones claims that Maryland Rule 2-311 entitled him to a hearing before the Motion was granted.

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In a juvenile case, the reviewing judge revoked a restitution order against Tariq and imposed the obligation on his mother. One year later, at another regular review hearing, the original judge re-instated it

Tagged with: juvenile law Nazarian Prince George's County restitution sentencing Sept. Term 2013