Criminal Defense

A Maryland case highlights the balances courts must consider in deciding whether teenagers should be tried in adult court or juvenile court. Four teenagers, according to a report in the Baltimore Sun, are accused of sexually assaulting a student with a broomstick. The four students were charged as adults. One student was charged with one…

Imagine this: your wife is pregnant, and she finds the perfect doctor. He has privileges at Prince George’s Hospital Center, which is the closest hospital to you. He’s got 10 years of experience, so you feel confident. You’re feeling good. When the baby comes, he’s right there with you, and delivers your healthy baby boy.…

Let’s set the scene. You’ve got the popcorn, a box of candy, your favorite blanket and a beverage, and you’re all set to finally start your GoT marathon. You curl up on the chair, connect the laptop to the TV, and hit “play.” And then you think, Gee, there’s an AWFUL lot of direwolf sex…

I’ve talked about some silly crimes in my blog, but they’re usually committed by dopey Americans. Today, I’m going across the pond because this whole story is ridiculous, and I can’t not share it. The West Yorkshire Police recently posted a picture of guy, wanted for questioning for some reason or another, trying to hide…

If you haven’t seen Dunkirk or Hacksaw Ridge yet, bookmark this blog and watch both movies. Both films deal with decisive events during WWII – the Battle of Dunkirk, long considered an Allied defeat, and the battle to take “Hacksaw Ridge,” a stronghold of the Japanese in Okinawa. Both movies depict the bloody realities of…

From buddy cop flicks to Law and Order, you can find evidence of a healthy respect for the law all over the big and small screens. When you’re watching a movie, you have to suspend belief, just for a few hours, to get the full effect. Movies often stretch both reality and the limits of…

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,…