Five of the nine judges at her trial asked that Surratt be granted clemency by President Andrew Johnson because of her age and sex. Johnson did not grant her clemency, though accounts differ as to whether or not he received the clemency request. Surratt was hanged on July 7, 1865 and ...
JUDGES: Marvin J. Garbis, United States District Judge. OPINION BY: Marvin J. Garbis OPINION MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: SUMMARY JUDGMENT The Court has before it Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment and the materials submitted by the parties relating thereto. The Court finds that a hearing is...
TheAttorney Grievance Commission(AGC), through the Office of Bar Counsel, accepts complaints from members of the public, judges and other lawyers who allege professional misconduct by a licensed attorney. If it appears that a practicing Maryland lawyer has violated one or more of the Rules of Pro...
Trump said he "should" win Pennsylvania, which he carried in 2016 but lost in 2020."We're in court all the time" here, he said, but he lamented that judges "aren't particularly friendly" to his campaign's efforts so far. Trump's attempts to sow doubts about the processing of ...
37.5% 100% of vote in Amendment 4 Legalize marijuana use for people over 21 Legalize marijuana67.2% Do not legalize 32.8% Amendment 5 Remove separate Orphan's Court judges in Howard County Remove the separate judges66.8% Keep the current system ...
(b) During this Maryland Court COVID-19 emergency, each Maryland Circuit Court/District Court, County and Baltimore City will be requiredsufficient judges to hear theemergency matterslisted in section (f) each weekday during the pendency of any Order from the Chief Judge; and ...
By Robert C. Bonsib, Esq. and Megan E. Coleman, Esq. This article will do a deep dive into Woodlin v. State, implications of the opinion, and practice pointers for practitioners and judges. This summer, the Maryland Supreme Court decided Woodlin v. State,......
judge could never have predicted the defendant would make the jump from theft to carjacking and aggravated assault in a matter of weeks. Nevertheless, these are the kind of cases that judges hate and are a large reason why so many defendants are held without bail at the district court level...
Judges are awarding custody to anyone with an interest in the child such as stepparents, godparents, aunts, uncles, surrogates who can introduce evidence as to why they will be the better custodians than the natural parent. Again, the court’s guiding principle may be the welfare of the ...
The Court of Appeals of Maryland is the only court in the United States whose judges wear red robes. The Maryland State House in Annapolis is the oldest state capitol still in continuous legislative use. It is also the only state house ever to have served as the nation's capitol, from ...