JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2023

A Maryland federal judge denied Thursday a parents’ request to have their children “opt-out’ of education on LGBTQ+ history and topics. ” The court found that all but one of the parents had failed to show the no-opt-out policy would likely result in the indoctrination of their children. In Mahmoud v.

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MARCH 20, 2024

“US appeals court skeptical of challenge to Maryland assault weapons ban; 4th Circuit hearing three Second Amendment cases en banc; Case was first to be heard by new Judge Nicole Berner”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Jared Ramos, the man accused of killing 5 people at the offices of the Maryland Capital Gazette in 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to 5 life sentences without parole, plus 345 years. This plea was soon after dismissed by the court. The sentencing follows Ramos’ criminal conviction by a jury for the attack earlier this year.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

appeals court on Tuesday declared that Maryland’s licensing requirements for people seeking to buy handguns were unconstitutional, Nate Raymond reports for Reuters.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A Maryland law requiring those who want handguns to wait up to 30 days for a “handgun qualification license” violates the Second Amendment, a federal…

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EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Similar to Federal Rule of Evidence 404(a)(2)(C), Maryland Rule of Evidence 5-404(a)(2)(C) provides that In a homicide case, the prosecutor may offer evidence of the alleged victim's trait of peacefulness to rebut evidence that the victim was the first aggressor.

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APRIL 17, 2022

“Chief judges sworn in for Maryland appellate courts, one making history”: Baltimore’s WBAL-TV 11 News has this report.

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JULY 13, 2022

“Maryland police warn officers will enforce law against disturbing peace outside Supreme Court justices’ homes”: Whitney Wild and Joan Biskupic of CNN have this report.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

“Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo seeks new sentencing hearing in Maryland; Malvo was sentenced to 10 life terms in Maryland and Virginia for the 2002 attacks”: Paul Duggan of The Washington Post has this report.

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MAY 26, 2023

“Maryland Supreme Court halts Adnan Syed’s murder conviction reinstatement; The justices prevented an appellate court ruling that reinstated the conviction from taking effect at least temporarily, while they mull whether to take up the case”: Omari Daniels of The Washington Post has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a Maryland prison official another chance to defend himself against a federal civil rights claim. He contended that federal law required Younger to pursue all available remedies, also known as exhaustion, in the prison system before going to court, but Younger had failed to do so.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The post “Fourth Circuit rehears challenge to Maryland assault weapons ban; After the Supreme Court recently struck down firearm restrictions in New York, gun rights supporters say Maryland’s law is no longer constitutional” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JULY 6, 2022

“Why Marc Elrich Won’t Protect Supreme Court Justices; A Maryland official compares his county’s law to Putin’s Russia”: This editorial will appear in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 29, 2022

Maryland and Virginia in a spree of gun violence preceded by months of random attacks in states across the country. 26, an appeals court in Maryland determined that shooter Lee Malvo, who was 17 years old when the attacks were committed, must be resentenced, CNN reports. Twenty years ago, the D.C.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 5, 2023

“Fourth Circuit judges quibble over LGBTQ-inclusive books for Maryland elementary schoolers; Parents claim that forcing their kids to read books that promote tolerance of LGBTQ people violates their religious rights”: Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service has this report on a case argued today before a three-judge panel of the U.S.

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LegalReader

JULY 14, 2021

Joel William Hammond, 35, of Essex, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 28 grams of cocaine.

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EvidenceProf Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

In 2014, the Maryland General Assembly decriminalized possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana. So, in Maryland, should the smell of marijuana alone provide reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop? That was the question of first impression addressed.

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LegalReader

JULY 13, 2021

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's office has since said that it will stop trying to end unemployment benefits for eligible residents.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

The FBI has arrested a Maryland state trooper for allegedly selling information on a police investigation to a subject of that investigation, Darcy Costello reports for the Baltimore Sun. According to the affidavit filed in U.S. The wiretap info was a ruse, planted within Riggs’ team to identify the leaker.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 9, 2021

“Fourth Circuit Denies Fee Refund for Nonunion Teachers in Maryland; The federal appeals panel sided with teachers’ unions that charged Maryland educators fees regardless of their membership status before the Supreme Court blocked the practice”: Erika Williams of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The Maryland Court of Appeals has cited “considerable mitigating factors” in refusing to sanction a lawyer accused of maintaining an office in the state, even…

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EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

2021), the Court of Appeals of Maryland addressed a matter of first impression the question of whether a jury in Maryland has the authority to engage in jury nullification and whether, in. In State v. Sayles, 2021 WL 302807 (Md.

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EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 11, 2022

On Tuesday, Adnan Syed and the State of Maryland filed a Joint Petition for Post Conviction DNA Testing. Prior DNA Testing On March 29, 2018, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (Maryland's intermediate appellate. So, what does this mean?

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 5, 2021

“Appellate judges uphold Maryland beach town’s topless ban”: Matthew Barakat of The Associated Press has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link. ” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. ” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JUNE 9, 2021

According to a newspaper article headlined, “Police expert lied about credentials,” by Jennifer McMenamin, published 9 March 2007, in the Baltimore Sun, Kopera claimed in court to have degrees that he had not earned in fact. Kopera testified frequently that.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The organizations asked the court to side with Open Justice, but also to clarify how courts should handle challenges to open records fees in the future. The brief was filed as part of Baltimore Police Department v. The department originally attempted to charge a prepayment of more than $1.4

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has ordered a detailed review of 100 autopsies of people who died in law enforcement custody following a one-of-a-kind probe of 1,300 autopsies handled by former Maryland medical examiner David Fowler, who testified for the defense in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted for the (..)

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EvidenceProf Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2020

After a New Jersey court found that Vonte Skinner's rap lyrics were admissible against him at his attempted murder trial, I wrote an essay, Should a defendant's rap lyrics be admissible against him at a murder or attempted murder trial?

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has identified a man a person of interest in the killing of a Maryland judge who was shot to death outside his home Thursday evening, reports the Associated Press. Wilkinson was found with gunshot wounds outside his home in Hagerstown and later died at a nearby hospital.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Friday denied an anti-affirmative action organization’s emergency application to block the US Military Academy, known as “West Point,” from using race in its admissions process. This Court should grant interim relief as soon as possible.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 14, 2023

Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s ex-chief of staff, Roy McGrath, is now a fugitive after failing to appear in federal court Monday for the start of his criminal trial on fraud and theft charges, Pamela Wood and Tim Prudente report for The Baltimore Banner. A wanted poster was issued for him on Tuesday.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Jonathan Toebbe, 44, of Annapolis, Maryland and his wife, Diana Toebbe, 46, were sentenced to 232 months (over 19 years) and 262 months (over 21 years), respectively, in federal court following their conviction in August, 2022. nuclear powered warships. Federal authorities described their actions as a “betrayal of trust.”.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 9, 2021

Judiciary reports show authorities in Maryland had never used a social media or app wiretap until 2018, when four such wiretaps were obtained. The Harford case, authorized by a Circuit Court judge in February 2020, was one of only nine social media or digital app wiretaps applied for by authorities in Maryland last year.

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EvidenceProf Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Oral arguments in the Adnan Syed/Hae Min Lee case are right around the corner (October 5th) in the Supreme Court of Maryland. The case has been dissected and analyzed all across the media, so much so that it gets difficult.

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JUNE 18, 2022

“Supreme Court could soon make it easier to carry guns in six states; If the justices strike down New York’s century-old restrictions on carrying concealed firearms, similar regulations in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Hawaii and Massachusetts would be vulnerable”: Ann E.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 13, 2022

Police departments in some Maryland counties have collective bargaining agreements that expire in June, and an extension could allow them time to sign a new agreement and not be required to adhere to the new law.

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The Crime Report

MAY 7, 2021

Maryland district court Chief Judge John P. Morrissey banned all court employees, including clerks, bailiffs and judges, from donning face masks that depict the “thin blue line,” announcing that the symbol created “an issue of perceived bias,” reports the Baltimore Sun. ”

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