Recent Posts in September, 2020

• 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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