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University of Baltimore Law Forum Volume 46 No. 1 (Fall 2015) Front Matter

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Returning Citizens: How Shifting Law and Policy in Maryland Will Help Citizens Who Return From Incarceration
Khyla D. Craine, Esq. and Glenn E. Martin

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Comment: In the Street Tonight: An Equal Protection Analysis of Baltimore City's Juvenile Curfew
Andrew Middleman

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Recent Development: Antonio v. SSA SEC., Inc.: Upon Exhausting All Other Tools of Statutory Interpretation, Policy Considerations Revealed That the Maryland Legislature Did Not Intend to Abrogate the Common Law Doctrine of Respondeat Superior Through the Enactment of § 19-501 of the Maryland Security Guards Act
David Bronfein

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Recent Development: Espina v. Jackson: The Local Government Tort Claims Act Limits Local Government's Liability for Constitutional Tort Claims Committed by its Employees; Local Government Employees Acting with Actual Malice Are Liable for Their Own Torts; And Multiple Wrongful Death Actions Arising From the Same Underlying Conduct May Be Aggregated for Purposes of the Damages Cap
Kristin E. Shields

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Recent Development: Garner v. State: The Unit of Prosecution for Use of a Handgun in the Commission of a Crime of Violence is the Crime of Violence, Not the Victim or Criminal Transaction; The Evidence Corroborated Two Separate Handgun Convictions; And the Trial Court's One-Year Sentence for the Second Use of a Handgun Conviction Was Illegal
Ashlyn J. Campos

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Recent Development: Hailes v. State: The State May Appeal a Trial Court's Ruling Excluding a Dying Declaration; The Length of Time Between a Declarant's Statement and Death is Irrelevant in a Dying Declaration Analysis; The Confrontation Clause is Inapplicable to Dying Declarations
Lauren A. Panfile

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Recent Development: In Re Tyrell A.: Trial Courts Generally May Not Order Restitution to an Individual Whose Voluntary Participation in a Crime or Delinquent Act Results in Injury
Andrew Middleman

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Recent Development: State v. Hunt: A Petitioner Who Files for a Writ of Actual Innocence Has the Right to a Hearing Based on Newly Discovered Evidence When the Pleading Substantially Complies with Md. Crim. Proc. § 8-301 and Md. Rule 4-332
Daniel M. Weir

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Recent Development: State v. Yancey: Denial of a Defendant's Request to be Present During a Voir Dire Bench Conference With a Juror Who is Later Selected to Serve is Not a Harmless Error
Shannon A. Stern

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Recent Development: Sublet v. State: Authentication of Evidence from Social Networking Websites Requires a Trial Judge to Find Sufficient Proof From Which a Reasonable Juror Could Conclude That the Evidence is What the Proponent Claims it to Be
Denise A. Blake