No. 96 – Circuit Court for Baltimore City IN THE COURT OF APPEALS Case No. 115141035

No. 97 – Circuit Court for Baltimore City OF MARYLAND Case No. 115141033 Nos. 96, 97, & 98 No. 98 – Circuit Court for Baltimore City Case No. 115141034 September Term, 2015 Argued: March 3, 2016 ______________________________________

STATE OF MARYLAND

v.

BRIAN RICE ______________________________________

STATE OF MARYLAND

v.

EDWARD NERO ______________________________________

STATE OF MARYLAND

v.

GARRETT MILLER ______________________________________

Barbera, C.J. Battaglia Greene Adkins McDonald Watts Hotten,

JJ. ______________________________________

PER CURIAM ORDER ______________________________________

Filed: March 8, 2016 STATE OF MARYLAND * IN THE * Appellant * COURT OF APPEALS * * OF MARYLAND v. * * BRIAN RICE * No. 96 * September Term, 2015 Appellee * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * STATE OF MARYLAND * IN THE * Appellant * COURT OF APPEALS * * OF MARYLAND v. * * EDWARD NERO * No. 97 * September Term, 2015 Appellee * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * STATE OF MARYLAND * IN THE * Appellant * COURT OF APPEALS * * OF MARYLAND v. * * GARRETT MILLER * No. 98 * September Term, 2015 Appellee * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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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