Recent Posts in Criminal Defense Category
Posted on Mar 13, 2013 By C. Thomas Brown
C. Thomas Brown was able to have Ist Degree Burglary charges reduced to 2nd Degree Assault with a Probation Before Judgment disposition with unsupervised probation in the Circuit Court for Cecil ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2013 By C. Thomas Brown
A potential one year license suspension was reduced to a reprimand and no suspension at a MVA Administrative Hearing. The suspension or revocation of one's drivers license can have severe ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2013 By C. Thomas Brown
The Circuit Court for Cecil County, Maryland granted my motion to supress evidence involving an automobile stop and search resulting in the discovery of a large quanity of herion and crack cocaine. ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2012 By C. Thomas Brown
On September 6, 2012, in the Circuit Court for Cecil County, MD I was able to convince the State to dismiss felony cocaine charges including possession with the intent to distribute (PWID) and the use ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2012 By C. Thomas Brown
On September 6, 2012 at a motions hearing in the Circuit Court for Cecil County, the State dismissed three counts of crack cocaine distribution charges against my client. The case involved alleged ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2012 By C. Thomas Brown
The Circuit Court for Cecil County recently dismissed all charges against my client involving 30 pounds of marijuana. The Court granted my motion to supress all evidence due to an improper traffic ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2012 By C. Thomas Brown
Judge Baynes and Judge Murry won both the Republican and Democratic primaries and will not have any opposition in the November general election. This is good news for all who practice law in Cecil ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2012 By C. Thomas Brown
My office has seen a recent flurry of trafic stops on I-95 in Cecil County, MD resulting in charges of illegally transporting untaxed cigarettes through Maryland. The nature of these traffic stops are ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2012 By C. Thomas Brown
Yesterday eleven murder charges were dismissed against my client, Dr. Steven Brigham, a physician charged with murder for performing abortions in Elkton, Cecil County, MD. After Dr. Brigham was ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By C. Thomas Brown
With the recent appointment of new judges coupled with the election of a new State's Attorney in Cecil County, MD, sentences for DUI/DWI have dramatically changed with harsher outcomes. First offender ...
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Posted on Mar 30, 2010 By C. Thomas Brown
The landscape for criminal defense lawyers and criminal defendants in Cecil County, Maryland is about to dramatically change due to the recent retirement of the Honorable Dexter M. Thompson, Jr. With ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2010 By C. Thomas Brown
Roxicodone, a variation of Oxycodone, is fast becoming Cecil County's most popular street drug. Oxycodone is a narcotic prescribed to relieve pain and is twice as potent as morphine. There are many ...
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Posted on Jan 30, 2010 By C. Thomas Brown
The Cecil County Detention Center, (CCDC) is a county detention facility located at 500 Landing Lane, Elkton, MD 21921. It has two components-"Jailside", where individuals are held pre-trial and after ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2010 By C. Thomas Brown
The Maryland State Police's Pro Active Enforcement Team continues out in force with drug interdiction stops on I-95 in Cecil County,MD Most of these "profile" stops are for minor speed violations, ...
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