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Scott L. Rolle (born June 30, 1961 [1] [2]) is a Circuit Court Judge in Frederick County, Maryland. In a close election in late 2014, he was the first lawyer to defeat a sitting judge in Frederick County by way of election in modern history. From 1995 to 2007 Rolle was the State's Attorney for Frederick County, Maryland. He served three ...
Maryland also continues to follow common law principles on the issue of when one may use deadly force in self-defense. In the case of State v.Faulkner, 301 Md. 482, 485, 483 A.2d 759, 761 (1984), the Court of Appeals of Maryland summarized those principles, and stated that a homicide, other than felony murder, is justified on the ground of self-defense if the following criteria are satisfied:
C. Justin Brown is an American criminal defense attorney based in Baltimore, Maryland. [1] He runs a law firm called Brown Law. He formerly represented [2] Adnan Syed, who was convicted of murder in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee and was the subject of the first season of the podcast Serial in 2014.
Section 3 of Article 27A went into effect as the first stage of law concerning the Office of the Public Defender for Maryland. It decreed that the Office of the Public Defender is part of Maryland’s Executive Branch of government, and provided that a Public Defender shall be appointed head of the Office by the Board of Trustees.
In 1941, a 43-year-old man by the name of Betts was arrested for stealing in the state of Maryland. [11] Betts requested for an attorney, as he lacked the means to do so himself, but his request was denied by the court on the grounds that appointments were only granted to those on trial for capital crimes forcing him to represent himself. [11]
No defence (3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the other person is doing something that they are required or authorized by law to do in the administration or enforcement of the law, unless the person who commits the act that constitutes the offence believes on reasonable grounds that the other person is acting unlawfully. R.S., 1985, c. C-46 ...
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The U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland is the chief federal law enforcement officer for the State of Maryland. Since October 2021, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland is Erek Barron. [1] The United States District Court for the District of Maryland has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney.