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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Civil rights; Unlawful stop: Where a jury found that two Park Police officers violated the rights of a Secret Service officer by unlawfully seizing him during two traffic stops, the defendants’ immunity claims were rejected. The facts, as found by the jury, established that their conduct violated .
Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal; ineffective assistance of counsel: Although the court held in 2010 and 2011 that a question about the “CSI-effect” during voir dire constituted reversible error, the defendant’s attorney did not provide ineffective assistance of counsel when he failed to object to this question during the defendant’s 2007 murder trial. While the .
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Criminal; civil contempt: Where the defendant argued the wire fraud convictions for her role in a $100 million fraud scheme should be vacated because the scheme was devised and carried out in Israel, her argument was rejected. The statute’s focus is on the use of the wire not .