SCHEDULE OF ORAL ARGUMENTS
September Term, 2018
Friday, November 2, 2018:
Bar Admissions
AG No. 16 (2016 T.) & AG No 21 (2017 T.) Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Christal Elizabeth Edwards
Attorney for Petitioner: Jennifer L. Thompson
Attorney for Respondent: William C. Brennan, Jr.
AG No. 20 (2017 T.) Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Benjamin Jeremy Woolery
Attorney for Petitioner: Raymond A. Hein
Attorney for Respondent: William C. Brennan, Jr.
AG No. 36 (2017 T.) Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Jerome P. Johnson
Attorney for Petitioner: Raymond A. Hein
Attorney for Respondent: Jerome P. Johnson
No. 18 Gerald Hyman v. State of Maryland
Issues – Criminal Law – 1) Did CSA err in holding that sexual offender registration is not a direct consequence of a third-degree sex offense? 2) Did CSA incorrectly assume that Petitioner understood the consequences of sexual offender registration despite never being advised? 3) Did CSA err by giving Petitioner an illegal sentence derived from an ambiguous plea agreement? 4) Where Petitioner filed a 2006 pro se coram nobis petition that did not include the claims raised in his 2013 petition, did CSA err when it found that Petitioner had not waived the 2013 claims?
Attorney for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent: Patricia Cresta-Savage
Attorney for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner: Cathleen C. Brockmeyer
Monday, November 5, 2018:
AG No. 11 (2017 T.) Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Melinda Maldonado
Attorney for Petitioner: Lydia E. Lawless
Attorney for Respondent: Melinda Maldonado
AG No. 12 (2017 T.) Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Jonathan David Robbins
Attorneys for Petitioner: Lydia E. Lawless and Jessica M. Boltz
Attorney for Respondent: Eugene I. Kane, Jr.
No. 28 Gregory Smith v. Wakefield, LP
Issues – Real Property – 1) Can a single sentence in a form residential lease grant a landlord an extra 9 years to bring a claim against a tenant? 2) Does Md. Code Ann., Real Prop. (“RP”) § 8-208(d)(2) prohibit the extension of the statute of limitations to 12 years in a residential lease? 3) Even if RP § 8-208 does permit an extension of the statute of limitations, must the extension be reasonable? 4) If a reasonable extension is permitted, is it reasonable to extend the statute of limitations in a month-to-month residential lease from 3 years to 12 years?
Attorneys for Appellant: Peter A. Holland and Scott C. Borison
Attorney for Respondent: Brian L. Moffet
No. 26 Motor Vehicle Administration v. James R. Nelson
Issue – Transportation Law – Where the administrative law judge found that a motorist, after being properly advised via the DR-15 Advice of Rights form, expressly refused to take a blood-alcohol concentration test, was the motorist correctly suspended for a test refusal under Transportation Article § 16-205.1, even though the detaining officer did not deviate from the Advice of Rights form and explicitly offer the motorist the option of choosing between a breathalyzer test and a blood test?
Attorney for Appellant: Dore J. Lebowitz
Attorney for Respondent: Oluwaseun Williams
On the day of argument, counsel are instructed to register in the Clerk’s Office no later than 9:30 a.m. unless otherwise notified.
After November 5, the Court will recess until November 29, 2018.
SUZANNE C. JOHNSON
(ACTING CLERK)