COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Civil Procedure, In banc panel: CJ §1-403(c) was not violated where the case was heard in banc and a majority of the nine judges qualified to act decided each of the issues on appeal. Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Ford, No. 1804, September Term, 2009. RecordFax No. 12-0306-12. Civil procedure, Expert witness [...]
MAKE A JUDGMENT COUNT – Count Your Years
Waiting Over 12 Years To Assert Your Rights It’s hard to believe that someone would wait 13 1/2 years to assert their claim to enforce a money judgment. Yet that’s exactly what occurred in a recent case defended by our office. A judgment is the best remedy that a party can obtain in a court [...]
RECENT MARYLAND DECISIONS – March, 2012
MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Constitutional Law, Right to counsel in post-conviction proceedings: Criminal defendant had no right to counsel in post-conviction collateral proceedings, and therefore circuit court did not abuse its discretion in allowing defendant to discharge counsel and continue pro se. Grandison v. State, No. 117, Sept. Term, 2010. RecordFax No. 12-0222-20, 48 pages. [...]
RECENT MARYLAND DECISIONS
MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Administrative Law, LEOBR statute of limitations: After law enforcement officer knowingly made a material false statement during an investigation of prior misconduct, law enforcement agency had one year from the day the false statement came to its attention to bring an administrative charge against the officer for making that false statement. [...]
Just Stay Away! – New Maryland Separation Law
A new law was recently passed in the Maryland General Assembly making a change in the grounds for divorce. Maryland had two “no-fault” grounds for an absolute divorce: a mutual and voluntary separation of one year, or a separation of two years. As of October 1, 2011, the new law eliminates voluntary separation as a [...]
