On the Docket

Daily Record, The (Baltimore), Sep 17, 2007

COURTS

Maryland Court of Special Appeals: Civil Procedure, Substitution of jurors: The trial court committed reversible error by allowing two alternate jurors to attend jury deliberations and then substituting the alternates for two regular jurors during the deliberations. Brockington v. Grimstead, No. 58, September Term, 2006. RecordFax No. 7-0907-03, 41 pages.

Evidence, attorney-client communications: Circuit court erred in permitting prosecutor to question defendant, on cross-examination, regarding the content of discussions with privileged communications with his attorney. Forbes v. State, No. 1661, September Term, 2005. RecordFax No. 7-0907-00, 11 pages.

Maryland 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: Immigration, Motion to reopen proceedings: A regulation barring post-departure motions to reopen immigration proceedings is invalid because it conflicts with clear statutory law, which does not restrict such motions to aliens who remain in the United States. William v. Gonzalez, No. 06-1284. RecordFax No. 7-0906-60, 26 pages.

EVENTS

Sept. 18: The Alliance of Black Women Attorneys presents "Managing Your Legal Career," a lunch event featuring guest speaker Charles Volkert, executive director of Robert Half Legal, at RHL's offices at 500 E. Pratt St., 11th Floor. Please RSVP to abesslaw@hotmail.com.

Sept. 20-21: Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and became an Oscar-winning movie, will speak at St. Pius X church in Towson on Sept. 20 and at St. John the Evangelist Church in Frederick on Sept. 21. Kirk Bloodsworth, a Marylander who was the first death row inmate cleared by DNA testing in the nation, will join Sister Helen at both events, which start at 7 p.m. Legislation to repeal the death penalty is expected to be introduced again in the 2008 General Assembly session. For more information, contact Jane Henderson at Maryland Citizens Against State Executions, 240/338-2579.