Forward by Mark W. Pennak

“[T]he Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home.” So held the United States Supreme Court in NYSRPA v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 10 (2022). Prior to that decision, Maryland was one of the few States...
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1.0. Introduction Roland S. Harris, IV and Martin E. Cohen are the senior partners of COHEN|HARRIS LLC, a law firm formed in 2017 to protect the rights of the people. We each have over 18 years of experience fighting for the rights of individuals in criminal defense...
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2.1 The criminal justice system prosecutes people charged with violent crimes You can’t turn on your TV without a 24-hour news cycle telling you that violent offenders get set free all the time. It’s intentionally scary and they report that nonsense...
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4.1b. Who must prove what in a Self-Defense case Under Maryland law, a defendant asserting Self-Defense must first show there is “some” evidence that all the previously stated factors exist and then the burden is on the state’s attorney to prove at least one of the...