No. 96 – Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Case No. 115141035
No. 97 – Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Case No. 115141033
No. 98 – Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Case No. 115141034
Argued: March 3, 2016

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND
Nos. 96, 97, & 98
September Term, 2015
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STATE OF MARYLAND
v.
BRIAN RICE
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STATE OF MARYLAND
v.
EDWARD NERO
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STATE OF MARYLAND
v.
GARRETT MILLER
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Barbera, C.J.
Battaglia
Greene
Adkins
McDonald
Watts
Hotten,
JJ.
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PER CURIAM ORDER
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Filed: March 8, 2016

 STATE OF MARYLAND
Appellant
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BRIAN RICE
Appellee
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Appellant
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EDWARD NERO
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Appellant
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GARRETT MILLER
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IN THE
COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND
No. 96
September Term, 2015
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COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND
No. 97
September Term, 2015
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COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND
No. 98
September Term, 2015
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PER CURIAM ORDER
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 8th day of March,
2016,

 ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the judgment of the Circuit
Court for Baltimore City entered on January 20, 2016, denying the State’s Motion to
Compel a Witness to Testify Pursuant to Section 9-123 of the Courts and Judicial
Proceedings Article, is reversed; and it is further
ORDERED that the above captioned cases, State of Maryland v. Brian Rice, State
of Maryland v. Edward Nero, and State of Maryland v. Garrett Miller, be remanded to the
Circuit Court for Baltimore City for entry of an order granting the motion, and for trial;
and it is further
ORDERED that the stay issued by this Court be, and it is hereby, lifted, and it is
further
ORDERED, that costs in this Court be paid by Appellees.

/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera
Chief Judge

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