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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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• 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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• Maryland Court of Appeals Orders New Trial Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel for Counsel's Failure to Disclose a Conflict of Interest

  Aug 24, 2020
  On August 14, 2020, the Maryland Court of Appeals reinstated the post-conviction relief ordered by the Circuit Court for Frederick County, in Yaw Poku ...
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• The Black Lives Matter Movement Meets the Fourth Amendment and Federal Civil Rights Law

  Aug 17, 2020
  Two recent cases, U.S. v. Curry , 965 F.3d 313, 2020 U.S. App. Lexis 22038 (4 th Cir. 2020) (filed July 15, 2020), and Jamison v. McClendon , 2020 ...
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• Even Where Prosecution Conceded Error Warranting New Trials for Two Convicted in Killing of Locust Point Bartender, Maryland Court of Special Appeals Denies New Trial for Co-Defendant Whose Counsel Failed to Object to Court Error

  Aug 12, 2020
  In a consolidated opinion issued on August 3, 2020, resolving Tonya Hayes v. State of Maryland and Marquese Winston v. State of Maryland , the ...
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• The Maryland Court of Appeals Reverses Baltimore Conviction, Holding that Marijuana Smell is Insufficient Probable Cause for Search Incident to Arrest

  Aug 7, 2020
  Last week, on July 27, 2020, the Maryland Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Rasherd Lewis v. State of Maryland (No. 44), holding that the smell of ...
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• In Nunez-Vasquez v. Barr, the Fourth Circuit Ordered the Reversal of Immigration Removal Proceedings Against a Long-Time Virginia Resident after Determining that Convictions for Leaving the Scene of an Accident and Identity Theft are not Crimes Involving M

  Jul 27, 2020
  In March, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals granted review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (hereafter “BIA”) decision, which had ordered Mr. ...
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• In An En Banc Ruling in United States v. Curry, The Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals Affirmed The Eastern District Of Virginia's District Court Judge's Decision To Suppress Evidence From A "Suspicionless Stop" Of A Pedestrian

  Jul 23, 2020
  On July 16, 2020, the Fourth Circuit sitting en banc upheld the Eastern District of Virginia’s conclusion that purported exigent circumstances arising ...
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