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Madison County Record (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Maag A Madison County judge chastised plaintiff attorney Thomas Maag for using crude language during a hearing involving a civil sexual assault case on Friday. But Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth conceded Maag had a point in uttering a common term used to describe a sex act. Maag represents Brittany Gresham who is suing Brian Trust and his Godfrey car dealership over an assault...
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Madison County Record (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Ruth Judges create mystery when they seal documents, and now Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth creates a mystery by unsealing a document. A brief he unsealed on Oct. 23 contains no secrets, slanders or shocks, leaving readers to wonder why anyone concealed it in the first place. Retired Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron sealed it last year at the request...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
For the second straight day, judge gets note asking to be excused amid tense debate Baltimore jurors deciding whether to convict Mayor Sheila Dixon on theft-related charges signaled Friday for the second straight day that deliberations have been tense. They left the courthouse before reaching a verdict and will return Monday for a third day of debate.
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
After closing arguments, the deliberations begin Twelve Baltimore residents are now deciding the fate of Mayor Sheila Dixon, who stands accused of five criminal charges involving theft or embezzlement of gift cards. The jurors deliberated for about four hours Thursday, sending the judge several questions before the end of the day.
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Twelve Baltimore residents are now deciding the fate of , who stands accused of five criminal charges involving theft or embezzlement of gift cards. The jurors deliberated for about four hours Thursday, sending the judge several questions before the end of the day.In closing arguments after five days of testimony, Dixon's lead attorney called the state's case "worthless," while prosecutors tried...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Mayor will not testify on charges that she stole gift cards intended for the needy Judge spends more than 30 minutes instructing jurors on how to decide remaining counts
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Mayor's defense team also delivering closing argument today; judge instructs panel Mayor's defense team also delivering closing argument today; judge instructs panel
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
... her to stand up and object to some of the testimony given.The mayor's defense team sought and the judge granted a jury instruction that Dixon's decision not to testify cannot be held against her.Saying that Dixon had waived her right to speak on her own behalf, defense attorney Dale P. Kelberman told Circuit Judge Dennis M. Sweeney that her lawyers "have had numerous...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The defense rested its case around 9:45 a.m. today in the criminal theft trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon, with closing arguments expected to take place tomorrow.The judge released the jurors before 10 a.m. and asked them to return by 9 a.m. Thursday.The defense called two witnesses this morning, including the Rev. Frank Reid III, pastor of Bethel AME, the mayor's church. Reid testified that Dixon...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The defense rested its case around 9:45 a.m. today in the criminal theft trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon, with closing arguments expected to take place tomorrow.The judge released the jury before 10 a.m. and asked them to return by 9 a.m. Thursday.The defense called two witnesses this morning, beginning with the Rev. Frank Reid III, pastor of Bethel AME, the mayor's church. Reid testified that Dixon...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The defense rested its case around 9:45 a.m. today in the criminal theft trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon, with closing arguments expected to take place tomorrow.The judge released the jurors before 10 a.m. and asked them to return by 9 a.m. Thursday.The defense called two witnesses this morning, beginning with the Rev. Frank Reid III, pastor of Bethel AME, the mayor's church. Reid testified that...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Developer was thought to be key; 2 charges dismissed Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against Mayor Sheila Dixon without calling Ronald H. Lipscomb, thought to be their key witness - a decision that prompted the judge to dismiss two theft charges connected to gifts from the developer.
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Madison County Record (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... damages in excess of $200,000, costs, attorneys' fees and pre-judgment interest. Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth is presiding. Fisher claims in her complaint that she had not used any other products on the day in question. After using the bath gel that she received as a gift, she claims to have suffered itching, irritation, sinus infection, urinary tract infection...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... but it still has to be one of the best bargains in town since C-Mart closed.Shortly thereafter, Circuit Judge Dennis M. Sweeney threw out two charges in the mayor's theft trial that involved Lipscomb and the gift cards that prosecutors say he gave Dixon to hand out to the city's needy but instead she used herself.So Exhibit B would have to be Dixon. She's still on the hook...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Revelations that a third city developer might have donated gift cards to Mayor Sheila Dixon are more likely to cause political damage than legal harm, observers said. Circuit Judge Dennis M. Sweeney will consider arguments today by Dixon's lawyers to keep developer Glenn Charlow from testifying that he bought Target gift cards and gave them to the mayor, believing that they would...
