Courts reopened today to different practices and procedures depending on the jurisdiction. I suggested and the MCDAA formed a Covid-19 Committee to get some uniformity for trial practice. Only a few judges have been interested in the Organization's input, although...
Tough Times Call For Tough Representation
Driving while Suspended or Revoked
Where is the Anne Arundel County Car Video
Hide the ball trick does not work. Three years ago I wrote a Blog about a police officer who I caught lying in his FIRST CASE! I have kept the video from that case on my IPad and the original tape and written report in a binder waiting to see if I would get a...
A Good Man as Well as a Prosecutor
We are very fortunate in Maryland that the people hired to prosecute criminal cases are good decent people with compassion, as well as being smart. It helps create a bond of trust and respect between the state and the defense. It creates a wonderful atmosphere to try...
“Not one of my better Field Sobriety Days”
Thus spoke the police officer at an MVA Hearing last week. I will have the tape of this admission for the jury trial in Baltimore City. He condensed the HGN exam, because he sometimes does that. He admitted he was not supposed to. Wrong instructions on the Walk and...
SEARCH AND SEIZURE UPDATE ARIZONA V. GANT ( http://supct. law. cornell. edu /supct /html /07-542.ZS.html )
I was asked in 2004 by a judge to participate in his trial advocacy course at a local law school. I suggested that he use the Thornton v. United States ( http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-5165.ZS.html ) case as his teaching example because Justice Scalia’s...