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Volume 47, Number 2,

University of Baltimore Law Forum Volume 47 No. 2 (Spring 2017)

Beyond the First Amendment: What the Evolution of Maryland's Constitutional Free-Speech Guarantee Shows About Its Intended Breadth
Anthony W. Kraus

Stop Asking Which Came First, the Jail or the Criminal - Start Reinvesting in Justice in Maryland
Bridget Lowrie

Book Review: Proposals for Creating a Realistic Family Court for the Future
Theresa Furnari and Melissa View

Comment: Maryland State Drone Law Puts Residents at Risk of Privacy Intrusions from Drone Surveillance by Law Enforcement Agencies
Wayne Hicks

Recent Development: Colvin v. State: Not Polling the Jury Foreperson Individually After Announcing the Jury's Verdict is a Procedural Error, Which Does Not Rise to the Level of a Cognizable Claim Under Maryland Rule 4-345(a)
Kayla M. DiNuccio

Recent Development: Givens v. State: Preservation of Allegedly Inconsistent Jury Verdicts in a Criminal Trial Must be Made by Objection Before the Verdicts are Rendered Final and the Jury is Dismissed
Nicholas Mastracci

Recent Development: Immanuel v. Comptroller of Maryland: The Maryland Public Information Act's Financial Information Exemption and the Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act's Publication Provision Do Not Allow For Disclosure of Information Beyond What is Explicitly Permitted
Jason C. Parkins

Recent Development: Mitchell v. MD. Motor Vehicle Admin.: Vanity Licence Plates Constitute Private Speech in a Nonpublic Forum, Which Require Restrictions to be Reasonable and Viewpoint Neutral
Sarah J. Jentilet

Recent Development: Robinson v. State: Decriminalization of Possession of Less than Ten Grams of Marijuana Does Not Eliminate a Police Officer's Probable Cause to Search Vehicles From Which the Odor of Marijuana Emanates
Virginia J. Yeoman

Recent Development: Seley-Radtke v. Hosmane: The Standard of Proof Requirement in a Purely Private Defamation Action for an Individual Asserting A Common Law Conditional Privilege is Preponderance of the Evidence
Makeda Curbeam

Recent Development: Sellman v. State: Absent Additional Circumstances, Consent to a Vehicle Search in a High Crime Area Does Not Create Reasonable Suspicion to Justify a Terry Frisk of a Passenger Who Displays Nervous Behavior; Theft from a Vehicle Does Not Automatically Infer That an Individual is Armed
Ashley N. Simmons

Recent Development: Smallwood v. State: A Writ of Actual Innocence Is Not Available To Convicted Defendants Who Are Guilty Of Their Crime, Even If They Are Deemed Not Criminally Responsible
Andrew Siske