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• Melvin Thomas Exonerated After 19 Years in Prison for A Crime He Did Not Commit

  Dec 15, 2020
  This morning, the Baltimore City Circuit Court vacated the conviction of Melvin Thomas, who spent nearly 19 years in prison for an attempted murder he ...
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• United States Court Of Appeals For The Second Circuit Broadens Federal District Court's Discretion In Considering Compassionate Release Requests By Inmates

  Oct 13, 2020
  On September 25, 2020, in United States v. Zullo , the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that restrictions on compassionate ...
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• Maryland Court of Appeals Adopts Daubert Test To Evaluate The Admissibility Of Expert Testimony

  Sep 30, 2020
  On August 28, 2020, in its opinion in Rochkind v. Stevenson, the Maryland Court of Appeals officially adopted the reliability factors set forth by the ...
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• Federal Judge In The Southern District Of New York Rebukes United States Attorney's Office For Failure To Disclose Exculpatory Information In United States v. Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad

  Sep 22, 2020
  On September 16, 2020, a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York ordered federal prosecutors from the United States ...
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• Maryland Court of Appeals Disbars Novice Attorney For Inadequate Representation Of His Client In A Criminal Case

  Sep 7, 2020
  On August 21, 2020, in Attorney Grievance Commission v. John Xander Yi, the Maryland Court of Appeals disbarred attorney John Yi, who had been ...
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• UPDATE - Maryland Court Of Special Appeals Reconsiders Its Opinion In Hayes & Winston v. State, Granting New Trials To Both Defendants

  Sep 3, 2020
  On August 25, 2020, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals entered a new opinion in Hayes v. State & Winston v. State (consolidated), reversing both ...
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• Maryland Court Of Appeals Holds Character Evidence Of Appropriateness With Children As Sometimes Admissible In Child Sex Abuse Cases

  Sep 1, 2020
  On August 18, 2020, in affirming the defendant’s conviction in Vigna v. State, the Maryland Court of Appeals held that a history of appropriateness ...
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• Nathans & Ripke LLP Named Best Lawyers in 2021

  Aug 27, 2020
  We are proud to announce that all Nathans & Ripke LLP Partners were recognized as among 2021’s Best Lawyers in America. Larry Nathans was also named ...
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