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Md. high court will weigh constitutionality of bar on lawyer-client talk
Maryland’s top court will consider whether a defendant’s constitutional right to counsel is violated by a judge’s order that he or she refrain from speaking to his or her attorney during an overnight trial recess.
Judge rejects Eighth Amendment claim of excruciating pain
Today is Monday, the 78th anniversary of D-Day. Here are some other news items. — Federal judge rejects condemned man’s cruel and unusual punishment argument. — Maine’s absence of a […]
Md. legislature enacts counsel requirement at child interrogations over Hogan’s veto
Juveniles will have an unwaivable right to consult counsel before being interrogated by law enforcement except in compelling circumstances beginning Oct. 1 under a law the Maryland General Assembly enacted […]
Defense counsel, prosecutors battle over bill requiring counsel at juvenile interrogations
Defense and civil rights attorneys urged lawmakers to pass legislation providing juveniles an unwaivable right to counsel before being interrogated by law enforcement.
Md. high court weighs juvenile lifers’ right to counsel at parole hearing
Convicts sentenced to life in prison for crimes committed as juveniles have a constitutional right to counsel at parole hearings to ensure they have a “meaningful opportunity” to make their […]
Patients facing forced medication have right to counsel, Md. high court says
Involuntarily committed mental health patients have the right to counsel when administratively appealing a clinical review panel’s decision that they be forcibly medicated despite not presenting an imminent safety danger […]
Frosh panel seeks right to counsel in evictions, end to body attachments
A task force created by Maryland’s attorney general urged the General Assembly Monday to provide a right to counsel for low-income tenants in eviction proceedings and outlaw the courts’ statutory […]
Lawmakers will consider tenants’ right to counsel, juvenile justice reform
A pandemic-fueled economic freefall and nationwide protests calling for criminal justice reform have spurred Maryland legislators to examine ways to enhance legal representation for low-income residents facing eviction and to […]
General Assembly will consider right to counsel for tenants, lawmakers say
The Maryland General Assembly will consider legislation this coming session that would give financially strapped tenants facing potential eviction a right to counsel at their court hearings, leaders of the […]
Senate gives initial OK to bill extending protective orders to acquaintances
ANNAPOLIS – The Senate gave preliminary approval Friday to a bill that would enable alleged victims of sexual assault to seek protective court orders against acquaintances who allegedly attacked them. […]
Convicts have right to counsel at resentencing, CSA holds
Convicts have a right to counsel when being resentenced after a determination that their original sentence was illegal, Maryland’s second highest court ruled Monday.
Supreme Court turns aside Bowie drug dealer’s appeal
Turning aside a convicted Bowie drug dealer’s appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand without comment Monday a federal appeals court’s decision that convicts seeking to pay for appellate counsel […]
