The Supreme Court is hearing a high-profile test case of Maryland’s DNA collection law next week, but neither Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler nor Public Defender Paul B. DeWolfe will be arguing it.

Tagged with: Alonzo Jay King Jr. dna doug gansler hagerstown john roberts Law legal news maryland court of appeals paul b. dewolfe Supreme Court U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

Caesars OK’d for casino A state commission on Tuesday approved a slot machine license for Caesars Entertainment to build a casino in Baltimore. The unanimous vote for the Baltimore casino grants the fifth and final casino license allowed under state ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission approval Baltimore baltimore city circuit court Baltimore Development Corporation caesars entertainment casino gun permit RG Steel special session Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Week in Review

U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. strongly indicated Monday that the Supreme Court wants to review a Maryland high court decision generally barring police from collecting DNA samples from people arrested for committing or attempting to commit a violent crime.

Tagged with: doug gansler maryland court of appeals opinion paul b. dewolfe stay Supreme Court U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

Maryland’s chief legal officer and its chief public defender are awaiting word from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether it will keep allowing the state’s police to collect DNA samples from people arrested for violent crimes, despite a Maryland high court ruling that bars the collections except when absolutely necessary to identify the arrestee.

Tagged with: arrest chief judge mary ellen barbera collection crime database dna doug gansler maryland court of appeals Maryland Public Defender Paul B. DeWolfe police Supreme Court U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

Report: Raze Mechanic because of subway jolts A private engineering study has found widespread corrosion in the parking garage beneath the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre due in part to stray electrical currents from subway trains, according to an Owings Mills ...

Tagged with: alcohol tax arrest Business casino collection Cunningham Falls State Park Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Development dna Johns Hopkins maryland Maryland Department of Natural Resources Maryland Public Service Commission Massachusetts General Hospital Michael E. Busch morris a. mechanic theatre police U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Week in Review