Case law

Snead v. State

286 Md. 122 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Oct 1, 1979

He is well qualified. He does not have any such preconception. ... He has been your attorney since February 27,1978. You have had plenty of time to get other counsel.” … The first phase would have determined whether Snead clearly and unequivocally asserted the right.

Morris v. Prince George's County

319 Md. 597 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · May 31, 1990

It was well-established and well-known when the 1979 rewriting of Article 73B occurred. … As deputy sheriffs, Morris and Olsen did not qualify. 2 .

State v. Blizzard

278 Md. 556 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Nov 29, 1976

To my mind, it clearly was. It is patently absurd to suggest that because Blizzard said only that “he knew’ it,” he said nothing incriminating. … The other was granted immunity.

Wireless One v. Mayor & Cty. Cncl. of Balt.

Court of Appeals of Maryland · Aug 23, 2019

It clearly was not. … The plain language of the exemption in RP § 12-201(e)(2)(iii) is unambiguous and clearly precludes Wireless One from qualifying as a “displaced person.” We begin by examining the language of the exemption.

State v. Glass

386 Md. 401 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Apr 18, 2005

It reasoned: *405 “Your Honor, my understanding is that ... 291 A, because it is under the controlled dangerous substance section, that qualifies into those-that range of sections, counts as a controlled dangerous violations … That statute, it submits, specifies clearly the crimes to which the preclusion applies, those enumerated in sections “276 through 303” of Article 27.

Shatzer v. State

405 Md. 585 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Aug 26, 2008

The suppression court’s findings of fact and the credibility of testimony are accepted unless clearly erroneous. Id. at 83 , 939 A.2d at 697 . … We adopt a similar limitation on our holding today, and find that continuous incarceration as a sentenced prisoner qualifies as continuous custody for Edwards purposes.

Boyce v. McLeod

107 Md. 1 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Nov 13, 1907

So *7 if we felt justified in approving of an order such as this, provided it was clearly established "that the parties were unable to otherwise procure the amount necessary for the purpose of an appeal, it could not be done … They have not in point of fact actively entered upon their duties as trustees, as the estate has not yet been settled, but conceding that by qualifying as executors, they thereby accepted the trusts created and imposed, upon

R. B. Construction Co. v. Jackson

152 Md. 671 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Mar 23, 1927

It only declares the rights of a single person, but if its reasoning is to be accepted as the law of this state, then the rights, privileges, and immunities of every citizen of the state, in so far as they rest for protection … * * * But although a degree of elasticity is thus imparted, not to the executing, but to the application of *692 constitutional principles, statutes * * * which, after giving due weight to the new conditions, are found clearly

Reese v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

285 Md. 548 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jul 24, 1979

In no case shall the uninsured motorist coverage be less than the coverage afforded a qualified person under Article *552 48A §§ 243H and 243-1. … allegations that he is entitled to payment under one of the first party coverage clauses in the contract he entered into with his insurance carrier, and that the carrier has refused payment thereby breaching its promise, is clearly

Ware v. Richardson

3 Md. 505 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jun 15, 1853

In the first place, whenever the testator or grantor annexes words of explanation to the word “heirs,” indicating that he meant to use the term in a qualified sense, as a mere descriptio personarum, or particular designation … The rule applies clearly to the deed we are now considering, unless it can be shown that it falls within one or the other of the enumerated exceptions. Did then Mrs.

Janney v. Sprigg

7 Gill 197 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Dec 15, 1848

For all which numerous authorities are cited; but for the establishment of principles so familiar, it is deemed unnecessary to refer to them. In 6 Johns., 54 , Jackson vs. … The principle thus asserted, is now so well established, that it is unnecessary to enumerate the cases on which it depends, or in that respect to make any comment upon them.

Maryland Department of the Environment v. Underwood

368 Md. 160 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Mar 5, 2002

clause ordinarily is confined to the immediately preceding words or phrase — particularly in the absence of a *176 comma before the qualifying phrase.... ” Sullivan v. … Based on the plain meaning of these words, this subsection clearly and unambiguously establishes that the State’s action to recover costs and interest is a “legal action.”

Gittings v. Winter

101 Md. 194 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Apr 7, 1905

By the second paragraph of the bill it is alleged, that a few days after the death of the .testatrix the defendant in a conversation with the plaintiff, who had then qualified, as the executor of the estate, inquired whether … In view, then, of the facts as thus stated, we do not deem it necessary to further comment upon the testimony, because we think it is clearly established, that the reinvestments of the wife’s property by the husband as heretofore

Mayor of Rockville v. Goldberg

257 Md. 563 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Apr 7, 1970

Carl Goldberg (Goldberg), exercising a not so silent majority of one, voted as the only qualified registered voter against the annexation by the Mayor and Council of Rockville (City), appellant, of a tract of 5.9 acres of … There are other references in §§ 409 to 427 which demonstrate that the basic thrust of this legislation was to establish generally the authority, manner and means by wTdeh a municipality could construct a water and sewerage

Mitchell v. State

115 Md. 360 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Apr 5, 1911

This indictment, it seems to us, clearly and sufficiently charged an offense, within the statute, because the statute by its very terms prohibits the sale of spirituous, fermented and intoxicating liquors within the limits … The construction we have thus given the act here in dispute not only, we think, accords with the well-settled rules of statutory interpretation established by the Courts, but carries out the legislative purpose and intent

Comptroller v. FC-GEN Operations Inv.

482 Md. 343 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Dec 19, 2022

The provisions pertaining to the newly established Tax Court were set forth in amendments to Article 81 of the Maryland Code (1957). … Jones had Maryland income from sources other than FC-GEN and, therefore, were not qualified to be included in the Composite Return.

Grand Lodge v. Mayor of Baltimore

157 Md. 542 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jun 25, 1929

Baltimore City, 93 Md. 634 ), and the party asserting the exemption must show that the power to tax in the particular case has been clearly relinquished, and, as this court has said Jn Appeal Tax Court v. … Tax assessors are but ill qualified to exempt real property according to equitable interests,- and the valuation and assessment of land are an administrative function which a sound public policy would reduce to its simplest

Adkins v. State

324 Md. 641 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Nov 13, 1991

Because petitioner has fully served the sentence imposed as a result of the probation violation adjudication, the State argues that, unless there are collateral consequences, the case is clearly moot. … Notwithstanding that it is usually docketed in the case of the substantive crime out of which it arose, a violation of probation case is “firmly established as a civil action____” Chase v.

Ash v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

72 Md. 144 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Mar 18, 1890

action founded exclusively upon the statute of a neighboring State, the only principle upon which it can be sustained in the Courts of this State, is that of comity; and if it be not sustainable upon that ground, there was clearly … But even the qualified decisions of the Court of Appeals of New York, and of the Supreme Court of the United States, upon this subject, have not met with general approval, and have not been generally followed by subsequent

Gonzalez v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jun 7, 2024

(citation omitted). 15 Form I-918, Supplement A (Petition for Qualifying Family Member of U-1 Recipient) is a form that a petitioner fills out with information about any qualifying family member included … That is clearly not correct—if a defendant has multiple reasons to lie, it cannot be the case that a denial of the right to impeach is reversible only if the defendant was denied the right to cross-examine about each reason