Title: State v. Rice; State v. Nero; State v. Miller

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 
 
OF MARYLAND 
 
Nos. 96, 97, & 98 
 
September Term, 2015 
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STATE OF MARYLAND 
 
v. 
 
BRIAN RICE 
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STATE OF MARYLAND 
 
v. 
 
EDWARD NERO 
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STATE OF MARYLAND 
 
v. 
 
GARRETT MILLER 
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Barbera, C.J. 
Battaglia 
Greene 
Adkins 
McDonald 
Watts 
Hotten, 
 
JJ. 
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PER CURIAM ORDER 
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Filed:  March 8, 2016
No. 96 – Circuit Court for Baltimore City 
Case No. 115141035 
 
No. 97 – Circuit Court for Baltimore City 
Case No. 115141033 
 
No. 98 – Circuit Court for Baltimore City 
Case No. 115141034 
 
Argued: March 3, 2016 
 
STATE OF MARYLAND  
 
 
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PER CURIAM ORDER 
 
 
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 8th day of March, 
2016, 
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ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the judgment of the Circuit 
Court for Baltimore City entered on January 20, 2016, denying the State’s Motion to 
Compel a Witness to Testify Pursuant to Section 9-123 of the Courts and Judicial 
Proceedings Article, is reversed; and it is further 
 
ORDERED that the above captioned cases, State of Maryland v. Brian Rice, State 
of Maryland v. Edward Nero, and State of Maryland v. Garrett Miller, be remanded to the 
Circuit Court for Baltimore City for entry of an order granting the motion, and for trial; 
and it is further 
 
ORDERED that the stay issued by this Court be, and it is hereby, lifted, and it is 
further 
 
ORDERED, that costs in this Court be paid by Appellees.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge