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Md. lawmakers strip spousal privilege from post-crime weddings
The protection criminal defendants have against their spouses testifying against them would not apply in cases when the wedding occurred after the alleged crime was committed, under legislation headed to […]
House panel weighs bill to strip spousal privilege from post-crime weddings
The protection criminal defendants have against their spouses testifying against them would not apply in cases when the wedding occurred after the alleged crime was committed, under legislation the House […]
Md. House strips spousal privilege from post-crime weddings
The protection criminal defendants have against their spouses testifying against them would not apply in cases when the wedding occurred after the alleged crime was committed, under legislation the House […]
Md. bill would strip spousal privilege from post-crime weddings
The protection criminal defendants have against their spouses testifying against them would not apply in cases when the wedding occurred after the alleged crime was committed under legislation the House […]
Md. high court weighs if spousal privilege applies to ‘sham’ marriages
An accused killer’s jailhouse wedding created a “sham marriage” designed to prevent his newlywed wife from testifying against him at his upcoming murder trial, an attorney for Maryland said Monday […]
Bill to exempt ‘sham’ marriages from spousal privilege advances
A bill to exempt marriages formed after a crime is committed from the spousal privilege — a general rule that one spouse cannot be compelled to testify against the other in […]
Md. appeals court: Spousal privilege applies to ‘sham’ marriages
Marrying the prosecution’s star witness to prevent him or her from testifying against you does not constitute witness tampering or obstruction of justice, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled in allowing […]
