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: Underdog

Judges may not inquire into immigration status in criminal cases.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

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Thanks to a listserv member for posting this opinion from Maryland's Judicial Ethics Committee, which says judges may not ask a criminal defendant to divulge his or her immigration status at sentencing nor at a bail hearing.

Full post as published by Underdog on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).

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