Category Archives: Criminal Defense

Will Baltimore Violence Impact Maryland Gun Laws? Since the death of Freddie Gray last month in Baltimore, stories about public safety fears have been all over the news.  Protests even caused a Baltimore Orioles baseball game to be postponed due to fears regarding the safety of those in attendance as many protesters gathered close to the Camden […]

Gun Control Law Changes on the Horizon Maryland Gun Control Laws have been a hot topic of discussion for quite some time in the media, as well as among Maryland lawmakers and attorneys, and it’s possible we could see some changes coming soon. The topic is controversial and the subject of innumerable heated debates. Maryland […]

Absurd and Sometimes Funny Laws In Maryland History Combing through various state laws in history, you would be amazed (or maybe not) at some of the crazy laws that have been put into effect over the years.   Most of these laws are no longer active, but it’s fun to look at how we’ve evolved with laws…and to scratch […]

One of the great things about America is that we are a litigious society. The very bedrock of our nation is one of legal action, the invoking and protection of rights, and of course, the due process of a court of law. This applies to every kind of legal interaction we have, and that includes […]

The Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office has recently posted two arrests involving theft charges on its website. The County Sheriff’s Office reported the arrest of a man by the Warrant/Fugitive Division on four indictments of robbery with a deadly weapon and other related charges. The robbery charges stemmed from four indictments that occurred in 2002 […]

Maryland’s gun laws are about to become among the strictest in the U.S. As reported by Fox News, the new gun control bill received final passage in the Maryland Senate after slight changes to the bill were approved on Wednesday by the House of Delegates. The Senate vote was 28 in favor, 19 opposed. The measure […]

Wire-tapped phone conversations, texts, and cell phone tower data were introduced as evidence in the first-degree murder trial of Michael Maurice Johnson in Baltimore Circuit Court, which ended in a guilty verdict for the second-degree murder of Phylicia Barnes. Police say the communications and tower data helped track the accused’s movements the day in December […]

A new law took effect with the New Year in Maryland, giving non-violent offenders the chance to decrease the amount of time they must spend under the supervision of a parole or probation officer with consistent good behavior. According to an article in The Washington Times, as much as two-thirds of supervision time may be taken […]

A Maryland “sobriety checkpoint” is a fixed, temporary location on a road that allows police officers to stop vehicles and talk to the drivers. Officers are typically looking for evidence that the driver might be violating Maryland’s driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) laws, but evidence of other types of law-breaking might also result […]

A Maryland prostitution sting that combined the efforts of federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and local and state police departments. The sting netted 23 arrests in total. The Baltimore Sun reports that this Jessup, MD joint sting operation was part of an effort to target human trafficking. […]