Maryland Criminal Attorney Blog

News, events, and recent developments in Maryland criminal law.

Author: Brian G. Thompson practices at at Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin, White in Baltimore. Other firm members author Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog and Maryland Accident Attorney Blog.

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Recent Posts from Maryland Criminal Attorney Blog

Child Abuse First Offender Gets Six Years - Was She Properly Defended?
As a full time Baltimore Maryland Criminal Lawyer/Attorney I handle dozens of Child Abuse cases each year without ever achieving a result as bad as the one that I will discuss in detail in this…
Trafficking Narcotics With a Firearm - What Must the State Prove and What are the Penalties?
As A Baltimore Maryland Criminal Attorney/Lawyer I represent many people charged with either handgun offenses or violations of the State's narcotics aka controlled dangerous substance laws. More often than not, so long as the defendant…
ATTACK THE CAREER OFFENDER LABEL !!!
http://www.mdattorney.com/lawyer-attorney-1300820.htmlAs a Maryland Federal Criminal Attorney I know that nothing in the federal sentencing guidelines strikes more fear into the hearts of defendants and defense attorneys than the Career Offender provisions, found at section 4B1.1.…
Carroll County Maryland Assault Case Demonstrates Need to Win the Race to the Courthouse
As a Maryland Criminal Lawyer/Attorney I often counsel people that they must " win the race to the courthouse". What I mean by that is very often inexperienced or inept prosecutors will reflexively side with…
Client Successfully Defended on Child Abuse Assault Case in Prince Georges County Maryland
Maryland Criminal Lawyers/Attorneys are often called upon to defend people who are charged with Assault or Child Abuse as a result of incidents of parental discipline with their children. I have blogged about this issue…
Domestic Violence Defendant Successfully Defended With Constitutional Defense
Maryland Criminal Attorneys represent people accused of domestic violence assaults more and more often these days. As I have noted in the past, the numbers of these cases that are being pursued by the police…
Maryland Criminal Attorney Successfully Defends Client in Domestic Assault
Maryland Criminal Attorneys are commonly called upon to represent defendants who are charged with domestic violence assaults. As I have noted in previous blogs on the subject of domestic violence, there was an explosion of…
DOJ Eliminates Crack Cocaine Disparity!!!
I recently wrote a blog about the recent and dramatic change in the federal DOJ policy regarding the disparity between federal sentencing guidelines for crack and powder cocaine. http://www.marylandcriminalattorneyblog.com/2009/06/the_disparity_between_federal.html On May 1, 2009, the United…
Man Charge with Possession With Intent to Distribute Own Prescriptions
Baltimore Maryland Criminal Lawyer. I blogged last week about cases in which narcotics detectives essentially manufacture felony drug cases by asking defendants caught with prescription drugs if they intended to give or share the pills…
Are Police Really Looking to Make Progress in the War on Drugs or Just Stats to furhter their own careers?
http://www.mdattorney.com/lawyer-attorney-1300820.htmlAs a Maryland Criminal Lawyer/Attorney I often have cases that make me wonder what it is exactly that the police are attempting to accomplish. Are they really attempting to win the so called war on…