Tag Archives: court of appeals

Maryland Judiciary Watch, vol. 7

Posted by on 06/23/2011 No comments

RICKY SAVOY
v.
STATE OF MARYLAND

http://​mdcourts​.gov/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​s​/​c​o​a​/​2​0​1​1​/​1​2​0​a​0​9​.​pdf

This opin­ion, from the MD Court of Appeals, involves a manslaugh­ter case from 1994 in which the trial judge gave jury instruc­tions that changed the def­i­n­i­tion of “rea­son­able doubt.“
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Maryland Judiciary Watch, vol. 6

Posted by on 05/25/2011 No comments

RAMON LOPEZ

v.

 STATE OF MARYLAND

http://​mdcourts​.gov/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​s​/​c​o​a​/​2​0​1​1​/​2​4​a​0​8​.​pdf

This is a pretty straight­for­ward issue involv­ing a defen­dant who did not trust his lawyer and thought he could do a bet­ter job.

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Maryland Judiciary Watch, Vol. 5

Posted by on 02/23/2011 No comments

FRANKLIN MORRIS
v.
STATE OF MARYLAND

http://​mdcourts​.gov/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​s​/​c​o​a​/​2​0​1​1​/​3​4​a​1​0​.​pdf
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