Sewell v. Norris

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Brian Sewell, appellant, an officer in the Baltimore City Police Department (BCPD or Department) charged with departmental violations to be considered by a hearing board, filed a petition in which he requested that the circuit court order that the officers appointed to the hearing board for his case be members of a law enforcement agency other than the BCPD. That request was denied and this appeal followed, in which a single question is presented for our review:

I. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT WAS LEGALLY CORRECT IN DENYING APPELLANT’S…