Case Name: STATE of Maryland v. Brian RICE; State of Maryland v. Edward Nero; State of Maryland v. Garrett Miller
Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 2016-03-08
Citations: 446 Md. 572
Docket Number: Nos. 96, 97 and 98
Parties: STATE of Maryland v. Brian RICE. State of Maryland v. Edward Nero. State of Maryland v. Garrett Miller.
Judges: ARGUED BEFORE: BARBERA, C.J., BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS, HOTTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Maryland Reports
Volume: 446
Pages: 572–573

Head Matter:
132 A.3d 1196
STATE of Maryland v. Brian RICE. State of Maryland v. Edward Nero. State of Maryland v. Garrett Miller.
Nos. 96, 97 and 98,
Sept. Term, 2015.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
March 8, 2016.
Michael Schatzow, Special Asst. Atty. Gen. (Carrie J. Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian E. Frosh, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellant.
Thomas M. Donnelly (Law Offices of Thomas L. Donnelly, LLC, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellee.
Michael Belsky, (Chaz Ball, Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A., Baltimore, MD; Gary E. Proctor, Law Offices of Gary E. Proctor, LLC, Baltimore, MD; Joseph Murtha, Murtha, Psoras & Lanasa, LLC, Lutherville, MD; Marc Zayon, Allison R. Levine, Roland Walker, & Marc Zayon, P.A., Baltimore, MD; Catherine Flynn, Brandon Mead, Mead, Flynn & Gray, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellee.
ARGUED BEFORE: BARBERA, C.J., BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS, HOTTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM ORDER
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 8th day of March,
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.