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Court of Appeals begins new term Wednesday
Maryland’s top court begins its 2011-2012 term Wednesday with an air of mystery: Who will succeed retiring Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr. on the Court of Appeals? Murphy, 67, announced in January that he would step down in August — about 2½ years shy of the mandatory retirement age of 70 — to work with […]
Maryland Delegate Clagett retiring at end of term
FREDERICK — Maryland state Delegate Galen Clagett says he’s retiring after his term ends in 2014. The 69-year-old Democrat told The Frederick News-Post on Friday that he hasn’t ruled out seeking another office but says it wouldn’t be in the state House or Senate. He says some of his friends in Annapolis have urged him […]
Convicted robber gets 15 years added to term following dual appeals
Eugene E. Gardner would have been better off had he not appealed his armed-robbery conviction and the 25-year prison sentence he received at trial. But Gardner appealed both his guilt and punishment in quick succession to two separate panels. First, a sentence review panel made up of three Baltimore County Circuit Court judges increased the […]
Md.’s Rep. Bartlett says he’ll run for 11th term
EMMITSBURG — U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett says he will seek an 11th term representing Maryland’s 6th Congressional District. Bartlett told The Associated Press after an event in Emmitsburg on Friday that he will file for re-election at the earliest opportunity. Joseph Krysztoforski of Baltimore County announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination earlier this week. […]
O’Malley hosts forums to prepare for second term
GAITHERSBURG — With weeks left in his first term, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is hosting a series of forums as he shapes his administration’s priorities in his second four years in office. The first of the five “Maryland Forward” forums is being held Monday at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg. The […]
