State v. Covington
Sep 18, 2012OUTCOME: Not Guilty jury verdict
Defendant charged with vehicular manslaughter as a result of alleged speeding and weaving which allegedly resulted in an accident and the subsequent death of the victim on site.
Bruce Michael Robinson's Legal Cases (4)
Baltimore, MD
DUI and DWI Lawyer at Baltimore, MD
Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury
The Estate of Harry Singelton v. Continental Laundry
May 25, 2010OUTCOME: $1,100,000 paid to my clients
My deceased client, husband and father of two was operating his motorcycle in Ocean Gateway Maryland which is on Maryland's eastern shore. He was lawfully proceeding down the street when the corporate ... defendant, Continental Laundry Systems was operating a truck through its agent employee. The employee failed to notice the motorcycle on the road and struck the motorcyclist ejecting him from his bike causing him to fly through the air and crash on the ground. Mr. Harry Singelton was immediately taken to the local hospital for care but never recovered from him injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital. Mr. Singelton had a wife of over 30 years and two adult children who survive him. After working with the insurance company for nearly 1 year we were able to work out an agreeable resolution to this senseless tragedy which involved a payment to the family in the amount of $1,100,000.00. Suit was not filed in this case.
State v. Thomas
Jan 12, 2010OUTCOME: Not Guilty
This case dealt with the importance of jurisdiction in a DUI stop. Most police agencies have limited jurisdiction in the State of Maryland so it is important to know which police agency participated i ... n your stop/arrest and where you were driving at the time, (ie. what county.) The Maryland State Police Department has jurisdiction throughout the State of Maryland so they may effectuate a lawful stop essentially anyplace in Maryland. However, it gets interesting when a county police officer effectuates a traffic stop outside of his authorized jurisdiction. When a county officer is outside of his jurisdiction, that officer is no longer an authorized police officer and instead becomes a normal citizen. Consequently, if the officer is driving home and sees a car weaving (outside his jurisdiction), he is not authorized to stop that car under the color of police authority, but rather must call in to the local police agency and have that agency effectuate a stop. This procedure was not followed in this case, the stopping officer was outside his jurisdiction and consequently the stop was deemed illegal. If the stop is deemed illegal, then any evidence obtained is not admissible in court and the Government's case fails, which is what happened here.
State v. Smith
N/AOUTCOME: DUI Defendant found not guilty
This case involved a former state prosecutor charged with DUI. The state was pursuing the case based on the lack luster performance of the field sobriety tests. As defense counsel, I am not a fan of ... the roadside gymnastics because I do not believe they are far and reasonable for the average person to perform. Be that as it may, the police must have reasonable suspicion to ask a defendant to perform these tests. We are frequently successful in court suppressing the results of a field test when there is no proper basis to ask the defendant to engage the tests. Moreover, when the police lack the proper foundation for the fields, a subsequent illegal BAC (blood alcohol content test) can also be suppressed as well, leaving the Government with no evidence to convict, as was the result in this case.
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