I tried a DUI in Anne Arundel County yesterday. This was the police officer's first ever DUI, so even though we were offered the DWI with a PBJ recommendation, I knew that was the worst possible outcome after a trial. The officer was like any first time witness,...
Here we go again. Do we go to the Courthouse or do we do it over Zoom? Well that depends on where you are going? And if you are going inside, not everyone will be allowed entry because of social distancing- witnesses and family members will be in parking lots...
Yesterday I had a trial in District Court. I even got started by 9:15 and it was over by 9:45. Credit goes to the Baltimore County Police Officer who was didn't guess when he didn't know an answer, and laid it out just as he remembered .The prosecutor called me the...
Not Guilty Annapolis District Court
I received the following email today from a client who was worried about his background check post expungement. I was surprised and intend to contact First Advantage Corporation to verify the removal of expunged cases and how they go about updating their database....
MDTA Officer stops my client for a stop sign violation. The client is asked to exit the car for SFTSs. The client categorically refuses to do them. The clients told unless the client does the SFSTs, the client will be arrested based on the observations that...
Well, I wound up with three prosecutors today. The 2 new and the Division Chief. It was fair because the new prosecutors were not familiar with all the legal issues that could be raised to support their side. This was a non-video stop with a trooper who tried to...
Yesterday was another example of the Gregg Bernstein try every piece of s… policy. If this is the first thing you are reading of mine, Gregg Bernstein is the elected State's Attorney. WE ARE NOT RELATED. He got his ass kicked in his first attempt at re-election as...
