Category: Legal News

WBAL.com
Polls in Maryland’s primary were to stay open an extra 90 minutes statewide because icy weather created traffic gridlock in parts of the state, the state elections chief said Tuesday.

The polls were to close at 8 p.m., but voting …

There’s legislation that is reportedly going to to be introduced Thursday by Delegate Eric Bromwell (D-Baltimore County, Dist. 8 ) and Senator …

Baltimore Sun
A federal judge in Baltimore substantially reduced yesterday the amount of damages a Kansas-based anti-gay group and three of its leading members must pay for their protest at a Marine’s funeral in Westminster.

In a 52-page decision, U.S. District …

The Maryland Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday morning in a rape case that will decide what happens when consent for sex is initially given and later withdrawn.

From the Sun article linked above:
The victim, who had met Baby that …

John Fritze reports in today’s Baltimore Sun that Mayor Sheila Dixon met with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Tuesday to discuss that city’s straw purchase lawsuit against gun dealers as a way to get illegal guns off the …

The Annapolis Capital (via WBAL.com) brings us the story of an Anne Arundel County man who was given 60 days in jail for not cleaning up his yard.  A judge sentenced George B. “Brad” Hartsuff, III of Cape …

The Baltimore Sun has a roundup of the major changes in laws that took effect Sunday. 191 new laws took effect July 1. The major ones include: ex-felons can now vote upon completion of their sentences (excluding felons convicted …