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Volume 44, Number 2, Spring 2014

University of Baltimore Law Forum Volume 44 Number 2 (Spring 2014) Front Matter

Maryland Repeals the Death Penalty, but Leaves Five on Death Row: What Has the State Learned from Kirk Bloodsworth?
Meredith Lenore Pendergrass

Citizen Journalists & the Right to Gather News: Why Maryland Needs to Acknowledge a First Amendment Right to Record the Police
Kristine L. Dietz

Comment: When Does Crawford Reach Jailhouse Phone Calls That Implicate a Co-Defendant, but Are Made by Another Non-Testifying Co-Defendant?
Matthew M. Grogan

Recent Developments: Blue v. Prince George's Cnty.: The Supervisory Employee Exception to the Handgun Law Is Limited to the Enclosed Premises of the Business in Which the Employee Works
Brittaney Fabiano

Recent Developments: Burris v. State: Expert Witness Testimony Concerning a Defendant's Gang Affiliation Must Create a Nexus between the Crime and Gang Membership and Any Prejudicial Effect of the Testimony Must Not Substantially Outweigh the Probative Value
James M. Darrah

Recent Developments: Chesson v. Montgomery Mut. Ins. Co.: Expert Testimony Based on Novel Scientific Methodology Failed to Meet the Frye-Reed Threshold for General Acceptance Because of a Fundamental Divergence of Opinion in the Scientific Community about the Validity of the Methodology and Flaws in the Underlying Analysis
Brett H. Philpotts

Recent Developments: Derr v. State: An Expert's Reliance on DNA Analysis Did Not Offend the Confrontation Clause Because the Underlying Report Was Not Sufficiently Formal to Be Considered Testimonial
James Hetzel

Recent Developments: DeWolfe v. Richmond: In Accordance with Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, an Indigent Defendant Has a Right to State-Furnished Counsel at an Initial Appearance before a District Court Commissioner
Kristine L. Dietz

Recent Developments: In re Ryan W.: State Courts Lack Subject Matter Jurisdiction over Matters Concerning a Representative Payee's Allocation of OASDI Benefits for a Child in Need of Assistance; Representative Payees Must Provide Notice to the Child's Legal Representative When an Institution Intends to Retain the Child's Benefits
Jacqueline K. Lovdahl

Recent Developments: Ray v. State: Under Maryland Rule 4-252, Failure to Raise a Claim of Unlawful Arrest in a Fourth Amendment Motion to Suppress Hearing Constitutes a Waiver of the Claim and Precludes Appellate Review, Absent a Finding of Plain Error
Nicholas B. Hawkins

Recent Developments: Simmons v. State: Manifest Necessity Existed to Grant a Mistrial Where Prejudicial Statements Regarding a Lie Detector Test Could Not Be Cured with an Immediate Instruction; Double Jeopardy Did Not Bar a Retrial
Brittany N. Hampton