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Maryland Police Officer Arrested for Assault During January 6 Riot

The Crime Report

A Maryland police officer has been arrested on charges that he assaulted police during the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. The department has since suspended without pay and is “taking steps to terminate his employment” after his indictment on felony charges. Capitol, Michael Kunzelman reports for the Associated Press.

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Maryland Lawmakers Vote for Police, Prosecutor Accountability 

The Crime Report

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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Status quo watch

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Louisiana that the Sixth Amendment (as incorporated against the states by the 14th Amendment) guarantees criminal defendants the right to a unanimous jury, it meant a 12-person jury — not a six-person jury, which is all that Florida affords some felony defendants. Maryland and Napue v.

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Beards and Brady (i.e., religious freedom and criminal procedure)

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After Blankenship had already paid a $250,000 fine and served one year of imprisonment for a misdemeanor (the jury acquitted him on all felony counts), the government disclosed 61 witness interview reports. Convicted CEO asks justices whether Brady imposes a due diligence requirement on defendants. In Blankenship v. Blankenship v.

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Five cases on the January calendar include (at least) one with an adequately percolated issue

At the Lectern

Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. merge with the charged homicide and cannot be the basis for a second degree felony-murder instruction.” Chun (2009) 45 Cal.4th 4th 1172 error harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.” Link added.) In Chun , the court held “all assaultive-type crimes. ” ( Id.

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What constitutes “identity theft”?

SCOTUSBlog

Issue : Whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. Maryland must establish that they were more likely than not prejudiced by the government’s suppression of favorable evidence; and (2) whether the judgment of the U.S. 14 conferences). Khorrami v.

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Reschedule Watch: Birthright citizenship and torts to members of the armed forces

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Issue : Whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. Maryland must establish that they were more likely than not prejudiced by the government’s suppression of favorable evidence; and (2) whether the judgment of the U.S. 28 and Oct. 7 conferences).

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