A judge on Thursday dismissed an obstruction of justice charge against Paul Schurick, a longtime aide to former Gov. Robert Ehrlich, but denied defense requests to throw out charges alleging Schurick played a role in trying to suppress the black ...

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The trial of a political operative accused of trying to sabotage Gov. Martin O’Malley’s re-election with robocalls was postponed until Feb. 6 after the judge assigned to hear the case recused himself Tuesday because O’Malley had appointed him to the ...

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Perhaps it’s just natural that Emmet Davitt is Maryland’s new state prosecutor. Except for spending the last three years as deputy counsel for the state Public Service Commission, Davitt’s entire legal career has been as a prosecutor, whether it was ...

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The reverberations from Jack Johnson’s witness- and evidence-tampering charges continued to be felt this week, both in Maryland and in the ranking of the top 5 most-read law stories at The Daily Record’s website. And in some good news, congrats ...

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Convention center-arena project urged A plan to raze a portion of the Baltimore Convention Center, the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel and its parking garage and replace them with an expanded convention center and new arena has been endorsed by the ...

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A list of three finalists to succeed retiring State Prosecutor Robert A. Rohrbaugh has been forwarded to Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is expected to make his selection by Thanksgiving, according to people familiar with the process. Outgoing five-term Charles County ...

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Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Ronald H. Jarashow, who has asked three different prosecutors to investigate the last-minute campaign tactics of the woman who defeated him at the polls, denied Tuesday that he is trying to undo the election. However, ...

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