Maryland's Supreme Court will consider if a criminal defense attorney’s silence constitutes consent when a judge schedules the trial past the 180-day deadline.
The requirement that Maryland defendants be brought to trial within 180 days can be waived only by a clear statement from the defense, appeals court says.
High court upholds man’s murder conviction for being an accessory before the killing of two Montgomery County teenagers on eve of their high school graduation.
Maryland’s top court considers impossibility defense in the appeal of a man’s conviction for murdering two teenagers on the eve of their high school graduation.
Maryland’s top court will consider impossibility defense in hearing appeal of a man's second-degree murder conviction in killing of two Montgomery County teens.