THE "BATTERED SPOUSE SYNDROME" DEFENSE IN HOMICIDE-MURDER-MANSLAUGHTER CASESAN EVIDENTIARY ROADMAPBy Robert C. Bonsib, Esq. & Megan E. Coleman, Esq.On November 2, 2017, in Wallace-Bey v. State, 2017 WL 4996781, (No. 476, Sept. Term, 2016) the Court of Special...
PRIOR SEXUAL CONDUCT - RAPE - SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM'S REPUTATION FOR CHASTITYRape, sexual offenses, child abuse, sexual abuse of vulnerable adult prosecutions and defense of those charged with such offenses will confront a new evidentiary landscape in Maryland...
PRE-TRIAL IDENTIFICATIONS - UNRELIABLE - FALSE - MISTAKEN IDENTIFICATIONS - REVIEW OF FACTORSRobert C. Bonsib, Esq & Megan E. Coleman, Esq.Pre-trial photo identifications present challenges to a criminal justice system that seeks to make decisions regarding guilt...
Prosecutors are increasing seeking murder or manslaughter charges against dealers of heroin, fentanyl and other opiates when their customers overdose and die. Absent a specific statute authorizing such prosecutions, the viability of bringing murder or manslaughter...
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