A unanimous Maryland high court Thursday refused to reinstate a first-degree murder conviction in Baltimore, saying the judge violated the defendant’s due-process rights by reopening the trial – on his own motion – so the state could present damaging palm-print ...

Tagged with: due process fair trial first-degree murder judicial discretion palm print

A defense attorney urged Maryland’s top court Wednesday not to reinstate a first-degree murder conviction, saying the judge violated the defendant’s due-process rights by reopening the trial – on the jurist’s own motion -- so the state could present damaging palm-print evidence.

Tagged with: due process fair trial first-degree murder judicial discretion palm print

A man convicted in the 1987 murder of a woman in her Easton kitchen will get another chance to prove his innocence. Maryland’s second-highest court said Wednesday that a trial judge must determine whether “newly discovered” evidence pointing to another ...

Tagged with: innocence project palm print writ of actual innocence