Nobody, including me, likes to follow “dumb” rules. Unfortunately, Maryland’s legal code is chock-full of some pretty bizarre laws and regulations. In my spare time, I read Maryland’s legal codes — mostly so I can clean up in pub trivia, but also because it might some day help me at my job. And I have [...]

Into every like, they say, a little rain must fall. Unless you’re in Florida, where the rains come every day (both literally and figuratively). Today’s gem is care of the New York Post: “Robert Johnson, 38, is charged with making [pot brownies] and giving them to his teenage daughter to peddle at a [baseball] game.” [...]

If you’ve been to court, and the judge gave you probation before judgement, or gave you a suspended sentence, then you’ll be placed into probation. Probation is a special set of rules that apply just to you that are set by the judge. Generally it’s a year, 18 months, or in Circuit Court it could [...]

There was a story in the Columbia Daily Tribune recently about a 22-year-old guy from Maryland who was allegedly dating a 12-year-old girl from Missouri, and now he’s facing federal charges for “enticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity.” He and his brother tried to bring the girl back with them to Maryland, [...]

We love Twitter. We love the memes and celebrity clapbacks and the insane “Twitter wars” between politicians and everyday people. It’s like watching a soap opera distilled into 140 characters. But just when we thought it couldn’t get any more nuts on that platform, a Maryland native had a “hold my beer” moment that led [...]

The saying goes that life imitates art far more often than art imitates life, and nowhere is that more apparent than in our favorite films. All those superhero flicks and larger-than-life characters require a little suspension of disbelief, but the ground rules of society stay more or less the same no matter how super our [...]

So, the answer to that question is yes, but you guessed right – it’s complicated. Let’s try to clear up this issue so that it is a bit easier to understand. Maryland law forbids anyone who has been convicted of a felony from possessing a firearm. But, you might be able to get your [...]

That speeding ticket you got on the way to work the other day racked up 5 points on your license. The next few weeks are hectic; the holidays are coming up, flights are booking up and the days are blurring into each other. All of sudden you look in the rearview mirror and realize you [...]

When youthful indiscretion results in a criminal conviction, the legal footprint of your past can have a serious impact on your future. While the justice system believes in reform, public and private opinion can result in lost opportunities and closed doors that should be open to you. In other words, you served your time and [...]