Krashes v. White

This is a certified question case, under the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, Maryland Code (1974), §§ 12-601 et seq., of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. 1 The appellants filed a diversity action in the United States District Court 'for the District of Maryland, seeking damages resulting from alleged malicious prosecution and abuse of criminal process. The claim arose from the arrest of the appellant, Hershey Krashes, in Frederick, Maryland; his confinement in Frederick; his extradition to Richmond, Virginia; and his subsequent imprisonment in that city until the…