Long v. DPSCS

FRANKLIN DAVID LONG v. MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

Court of Special Appeals, Salmon, Sept. 28, 2016,
Ex Post Facto Law – MSORA – Requiring a sex offender to register quarterly instead of annually (as was required by law at the time of sentencing) is not an unconstitutional ex post facto law

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US v. Faulls

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. THOMAS EARL FAULLS, SR.
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Diaz, May 5, 2016,
Prior Acts – No error where testimony regarding prior incidents of domestic violence was allowed, as probative weight with regard to motive and victim’s state of mind not substantially outweighed by potential for unfair prejudice.
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