Watts , J. This case arises out of a dispute regarding the unique process of pre-approving and licensing medical cannabis growers in Maryland for the first time under Md. Code Ann., Health Gen. (1982, 2015 Repl. Vol.) ("HG") 13-3301 et seq. In 2013, the General Assembly authorized the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission ("the Commission"), Respondent, originally entitled the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission, to be responsible for pre-approving and licensing...
Getty , J. On November 12, 2007, the petitioner, Charles Reger, Jr., was moving a cafeteria table while working as a custodian for respondent Washington County Board of Education ("Employer"), when the table fell on Mr. Reger, pinning him to the ground. Following the accident, Mr. Reger was diagnosed with significant injuries, primarily to his back and neck, and was unable to perform his custodial work. Mr. Reger thereafter sought and received two different sets of disability benefits from...
PER CURIAM ORDER For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 28th day of July, 2017 ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the orders of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City denying intervention to Holistic Industries, LLC, Curio Cultivation, LLC, ForwardGro, LLC, SunMed Growers, LLC, Doctor's Orders Maryland, LLC, Green Leaf Medical, LLC, Kind Therapeutics, USA, LLC, and Temescal Wellness of MD, LLC ("Growers") be, and they are hereby reversed, and the...
Greene , J. This is a direct appeal pursuant to the DNA testing provisions of the DNA Evidence-Post Conviction Review. Md. Code (2001, 2008 Repl. Vol., 2016 Supp.), 8-201 of the Criminal Procedure Article (Crim. Pro.). Appellant Richard A. Edwards seeks our review of the denial, by the Circuit Court for Saint Mary's County, of his Petition for Post-Conviction DNA Testing. For the reasons set forth below, we shall vacate the judgment of the Circuit Court and remand this case to that court...
Greene , J. In this case, Jenny J. Copsey, the widow of Lance D. Copsey, individually and as the personal representative of the Estate of Lance D. Copsey, deceased, along with the minor children and mother of the decedent are the petitioners. They allege that the respondents, John S. Park, M.D. ("Dr. Park") and his employer, Brown, Croft and Frazier, P.A. ("Annapolis Radiology"), were negligent when Dr. Park interpreted radiological images on June 4, 2010, leading to Lance D. Copsey's ("Mr....
Getty , J. The Postconviction DNA Testing Statute provides for postconviction review related to DNA evidence for individuals convicted of certain enumerated offenses. See generally Md. Code (2001, 2008 Repl. Vol.), Criminal Procedure Article ("CP") 8-201. When the Maryland General Assembly passed the Statute in 2001, the legislature was responding to a nationwide concern over individuals being wrongfully convicted for serious crimes and held in prison for many years. Blake v. State,...
Barbera, C.J. "Voir dire," the French phrase meaning "to say the truth," describes the preliminary examination of prospective jurors to determine whether they are qualified and suitable to serve as jurors. The voir dire process is critical to ensuring that the courts honor the defendant's right to an impartial jury guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 21 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights. 1 We decide in this case whether the voir dire...
Adkins , J. The Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City ("the Liquor Board") charged Respondent Steven Kougl and his company, Kougl, Inc., with violating provisions of the Rules and Regulations for the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City ("the Liquor Board Rules" or "the Rules") that regulate sexual conduct and prohibit illegal activity on a licensee's premises. The Liquor Board found that Kougl violated these Rules and ordered a 30-day suspension of...
Getty , J. This appeal requires us to determine whether a deoxyribonucleic acid ("DNA") analysis conducted in accordance with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ("FBI") Quality Assurance Standards ("QAS") qualifies for automatic admissibility under 10-915 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article ("CJP") of the Maryland Code. Petitioner Richmond Phillips argues that the DNA evidence is not admissible because the analysis was not performed in accordance with standards established...
