Maryland Wins! Padilla is retroactive (but not for you who’ve been snoozing too long)
And so it goes – I’ve been waiting on this decision for a while. I lie, I thought the decision would come from a different case and not this one that I posted about last year in which the Maryland Court of Special Appeals (the intermediate appellate...What not to wear. Yes, I’m writing about clothing.
I’ve been lucky enough to hop around in court over the past several months and have even had some nifty misdemeanor court appearances. Listen up folks, anyone who thinks they are too good for misdemeanor work doesn’t know the joy of a 19 year old client...The truth of your convictions- aka talking to parents on the playground about the death penalty and whatnot.
Here’s the truth – sometimes there is just too much to say. You start and stop and stop and start and then the thoughts come: If I say this, who will I upset? Who will disagree and will I have to face the wrath of my friends or family for speaking what I...On forty.
I turned forty a couple of weeks ago and I should have written a post on the full-court press of my mid-life crises, sort of the way I did last year. But last year I was still in my 30’s and it may not have seemed so cheap and desperate. What a difference a...More Good Stuff from the Fourth Circuit
Last week, our beloved (now) Fourth Circuit issued an amazing, beautiful, joyous and delicious (yeah I called it delicious) opinion in U. S. v. Bonner. The gist of the case is this – Bonner was charged in Federal Court in North Carolina with Robbery and related...
ABA Journal Blawg 100
Contender - 2010 Criminal
