Maryland
Retired judge who wrote the book on Maryland’s evidentiary rules dies at 78
BALTIMORE — A retired Maryland Court docket of Appeals decide who compiled a ebook in regards to the state’s evidentiary guidelines died Wednesday following an extended sickness, in response to the Maryland Each day File.
Joesph F. Murphy Jr. served on three ranges of the judiciary throughout his lifetime. He died on the age of 78.
Murphy started climbing the Maryland judiciary ladder in 1984 as a Baltimore County Circuit decide. In 1993, he was appointed to the Court docket of Particular Appeals, which is the place he served as chief decide from 1996 till 2007, the Maryland Each day File stories.
That 12 months, former Gov. Martin O’Malley appointed him to the Court docket of Appeals.
Many Maryland legislation college students know of Murphy as a result of he gained notoriety because the writer of the Maryland Proof Handbook. The primary version of that ebook was printed in 1985, in response to the College of Maryland Francis King Carey College of Legislation.
He is named one in all Maryland’s foremost consultants in proof, trial follow, and appellate advocacy, college employees mentioned in a web based memorial.
Murphy stepped down from his place on the excessive courtroom on the age of 67 to follow legislation alongside his daughter, Erin Murphy. He had three extra years earlier than the state would have mandated his retirement on the age of 70, in response to the Maryland Each day File.
Murphy spent his post-judicial retirement years working together with his daughter at Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin &White LLC. He was a accomplice on the legislation agency and was capable of watch his daughter rise to fellow accomplice standing earlier than leaving to work as chief counsel within the Baltimore Metropolis state’s lawyer’s workplace, the Maryland Each day File stories.
After Murphy retired from personal follow in 2021, his mates and members of the Dissenters Legislation Membership in Baltimore County got here collectively to determine a scholarship in his title on the College of Maryland Francis King Carey College of Legislation.
The scholarship will likely be made obtainable this fall. It goals to supply assist for college students with an curiosity in trial or appellate advocacy, in response to college employees.
A wake will likely be held for Murphy at Ruck Funeral Dwelling in Towson on Aug. 4 . Viewing hours will likely be between 2 p.m.–4 p.m. and between 6 p.m.–8 p.m., in response to the Maryland Each day File.
His funeral will likely be held on the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore on Aug. 5 at 1 p.m., the Maryland Each day File stories.
Six people have been arrested and charged with taking part in illegal, large-scale car rallies in Prince George’s County.
Six people have been arrested and charged with taking part in illegal, large-scale car rallies in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
All of them are from Maryland and range in age from 19 to 24. Terrel Marshall, 22, of Suitland; Alex Agustin, 22, of Laurel; Kyle Allen, 24, of Lanham; Jarard Walters, 21, of Essex; Malik Coleman, 24, of Baltimore and London Flores, 19, of Silver Spring, are all being charged in connection with three separate rallies.
Maryland State Police spokesperson Elena Russo said the charges include disorderly conduct, reckless driving and malicious destruction of property, among other charges. They could face fines or possible prison time.
“These takeovers, as they call them, involve large groups of people and they go in and they take over intersections or streets,” Russo said. “They perform their stunts — skidding their wheels or spinning their wheels — and oftentimes end up destroying property.”
The arrests are part of a new effort by Maryland State Police and local law enforcement to crack down on the disruptive and potentially dangerous events.
The Maryland Car Rally Task Force includes Maryland State Police, the Maryland Transportation Authority police, Baltimore City police and police departments in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.
Russo said the task force is also increasing patrols in known hot spots.
Two recent car meetups in Prince George’s County involved deadly shootings, including one in June in Accokeek.
Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are also working to curb street takeovers as part of a summer crime prevention initiative.
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Apple Inc. has reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with retail employees in Maryland, the International Association of Machinists said Friday, a first for the company’s US stores.
The deal is subject to approval by the roughly 85 employees in the bargaining unit, who are slated to vote on it Aug. 6. The agreement includes rules about scheduling, severance, and sub-contracting, and requires that any discipline not be “arbitrary, capricious or without merit,” an IAM spokesperson said. The three-year deal will increase pay by an average of 10% and maintains the status quo on healthcare, retirement, and staffing, according to the union.
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