Blog: baltimore law

Being arrested in Baltimore is disorienting and frightening. In the hours immediately following an arrest, many people make decisions that significantly affect how their case unfolds. Some of those decisions are instinctive and understandable. Most of them are mistakes. What you do, and what you avoid doing, in the time between arrest and your first…

If you made a statement to police after an arrest in Baltimore, the first question your attorney should be asking is whether that statement can be used against you. Statements obtained in violation of your constitutional rights are not automatically admissible in court; under certain circumstances, they can be suppressed entirely, and their exclusion can…