Md. Court Of Appeals Vote Allows Anonymous Juries
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s highest court has voted to allow anonymous juries in criminal trials when a judge believes there are concerns about juror harassment, tampering or safety. The Court of...
View ArticleCourt Upholds Dismissal Of Charges Against Holton
BALTIMORE (WJZ)—The state’s highest court ends the state prosecutor’s three-year-long quest to bring bribery and perjury charges against a Baltimore city councilwoman. The Maryland Court of Appeals...
View ArticleMd. Court Upholds Standard For Death Penalty
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s highest court has ruled that the standard jurors use in deciding whether to impose the death penalty is constitutional. The Daily Record of Baltimore reports that the...
View ArticleO’Malley Appoints Judge To Court Of Appeals
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Martin O’Malley has announced judicial appointments, including one to the state’s highest court. O’Malley, a Democrat, said Thursday he has appointed Robert McDonald to the...
View Article$60,000 Deal Ends Md. Inmate’s Open-Records Case
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — The state of Maryland is paying $60,000 to resolve a lawsuit that established that state prison inmates have the same right to public records as anyone else. The Cumberland...
View ArticleCourt Of Appeals Disbars Jack Johnson
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Court of Appeals has disbarred former Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson. The court issued an order disbarring Johnson on Friday. Johnson was sentenced to...
View ArticleSame-Sex Couple’s Divorce Case Heads To Court After Judge Refuses To...
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A same-sex couple is fighting for a divorce in Maryland. But a judge says they’re not even married here. Now, they’re headed to the state’s highest court. Weijia Jiang has more on the...
View ArticleMd. Court Rules Pit Bulls ‘More Vicious'; Owners Could Be Held Accountable...
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Controversy grows over dangerous dogs. A ruling by the state’s highest court singles out pit bulls as more vicious than other breeds. If pit bulls attack, it could cost their owners–...
View ArticleFallout After Md. Rules Pit Bulls A Vicious Breed
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Dog lovers are sounding off about a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling that pit bulls are an inherently dangerous breed. The Humane Society of the United States launched a campaign...
View ArticlePit Bull Owners Forced To Choose Between Their Homes & Pets After Court Ruling
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The recent Court of Appeals ruling declaring all pit bulls as dangerous animals is now affecting pit bull owners who rent their homes. As Mike Schuh reports, one man has a choice...
View ArticleMd. Appeals Court Declines To Review DNA Ruling
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Court of Appeals won’t reconsider a ruling that effectively barred police from collecting DNA samples from people arrested on charges of committing a violent crime or...
View ArticleMd. Court Of Appeals Recognizes Same-Sex Divorce
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– It’s a key decision in Maryland’s same-sex marriage controversy. The state’s highest court unanimously rules to allow gay couples married in other states to get a divorce in Maryland....
View ArticleCourt Rules Against Former Chief Public Defender
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s highest court has ruled against a former head of the state’s public defender office who was challenging her 2009 firing. The Baltimore Sun reports that the Court of Appeals...
View ArticleAnimal Rights Advocates To Fight Appeals Court Ruling Labeling Pit Bulls As...
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The fight over the danger of pit bulls is raging on. A recent court ruling singles out the breed as more dangerous than other dogs. That’s causing problems for pit bull owners all over...
View ArticleMd. Court Orders New Trial In Police Slaying
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s highest court is ordering a new trial for a prison escape artist convicted of killing a Hagerstown police officer in 1975. In an opinion filed Thursday, the Court of...
View ArticleMd.Lawmakers Form Pit Bull Task Force
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers will review the impact of a ruling by the state’s highest court that concluded pit bulls are an inherently dangerous breed and consider legislation in response,...
View ArticleBipartisan Task Force In Annapolis To Debate Court Ruling Concerning Pit Bulls
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)– The decision to label pit bulls dangerous in Maryland has many dog owners angry. Now, lawmakers are looking into the controversial ruling. Gigi Barnett explains the plans to...
View ArticlePit Bull Attacks & Kills 9-Pound Poodle In Owings Mills
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (WJZ)– A toy poodle is killed by a pit bull in an Owings Mills townhouse community. The little dog’s owners are devastated. The attack refuels controversy over the pit bull breed and...
View ArticleMaryland Court Affirms Tuition Ballot Question
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Marylanders can vote on whether to allow undocumented students to attend college at in-state tuition rates. Political reporter Pat Warren reports just one day after hearing...
View ArticleMaryland Appeals Court Chief Judge Nearing Retirement
By STEVE LASH The Daily Record of Baltimore BALTIMORE (AP) — The final year of Robert M. Bell’s tenure as chief judge of Maryland’s top court began Friday, when he turned 69 in a state where the...
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