Maryland's Supreme Court disavowed language in a lower court decision that suggested implicit bias against a Black defendant and his mother, though the high court declined to decide whether the opinion violated due process rights.
Top court opens term in which it will weigh if alleged racially charged comments so permeated a court opinion that a Black convict deserves a new hearing.
A suspect’s alteration of hairstyle after the crime could constitute destruction of evidence and indicate a consciousness of guilt, Maryland’s top court says.