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OCEAN PINES 9 Marview Drive Sat & Sun 11-3 4BR/3BA/2000SF Single Family On Corner Lot For Sale By Owner 410-920-3988 OCEAN PINES 11513 Manklin Creek The Parke Sat & Sun 1:30-3 3BR/2BA Home In 55+ Community Move In Ready Donna Harrington Coldwell Banker 443-783-3521 OCEAN PINES 9 Sundial Circle Sun 1-4 3BR/2.5BA Home Golf Views Edie Brennan Re/Max Crossroads 410-726-3027 BERLIN – Three months after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly voted to reverse a Maryland Court of Appeals opinion on a landmark case rooted in a Lower Shore rape dating back to 2003, the state’s highest court last week reversed its own opinion and agreed state law closely follows the Fourth Amendment. In June, a divided Supreme Court voted to reverse a Maryland Court of Appeals decision that a DNA sample collected from a Salisbury man in 2009 and later used to connect him to a brutal unsolved rape in 2003 was unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. Last month, the Maryland Court of Appeals took up the issue again and ruled in favor of the questioned DNA collection, opining the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Fourth Amendment was consistent with the Maryland Declaration of Rights, essentially bringing closure to the case that began in Wicomico County Circuit Court and traveled all the way up to the Supreme Court and back again. In 2009, Alonzo Jay King Jr. was arrested for assault in Salisbury, and as part of the booking process, a DNA sample was taken with a swab of his cheek. That DNA sample connected King to an unsolved rape case in Salisbury dating back to 2003. In July 2010, King was found guilty of first-degree rape for the 2003 incident during which he broke down the door of a residence in Salisbury armed with a gun and wearing a mask and sexually assaulted a 52-year-old female victim. King was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, but quickly appealed the verdict and sentence, arguing the DNA sample collected in 2009 violated his constitutional right against unreasonable searches. After working through the local and state courts, the U.S. Supreme Court took up the issue and opined King’s Fourth Amendment rights were not violated by the DNA sample taken that connected him to the unsolved Salisbury rape case in 2003. The Maryland Court of Appeals last week ruled the Supreme Court’s decision on the Fourth Amendment issue was consistent with the Maryland Declaration of Rights, effectively closing the case. King has now exhausted his appeals and will serve the life sentence without the possibility of parole. Perhaps more importantly, law enforcement agencies in Maryland will now be able to collect DNA samples from certain arrestees and use the information to connect them to unsolved crimes. 2013 AGH Fall Golf Classic - Thank You!! On behalf of the entire Atlantic General Hospital family, we would like to extend our appreciation to all the sponsors and individuals who made this year’s tournament a success! Gold Sponsors AGH Auxiliary • Emergency Service Associates, P.A. Global Companies • Macky’s Bayside Bar & Grill Sysco Eastern Maryland, LLC A special recognition goes to Team Sponsors The Adkins Company • Atlantic Orthopaedics, P.A. Atlantic Planning, Development & Design, Inc. Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley Atlantic Technology Services, Inc. Ayres, Jenkins, Gordy & Almand, P.A. Bank of Delmarva Bank of Ocean City • BB&T Berlin Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Calvin B. Taylor Banking Co. • Billy & Maddy Carder Carousel Oceanfront Hotel & Condominiums Centric Business Systems • Coastal Drug Pharmacy Delmarva Broadcasting • Delmarva Collections, Inc. Delmarva Power • Dough Roller Restaurants Emergency Service Associates, P.A. Michael A. Franklin • Global Companies Horizon CSA, LLC • Hospital Support Services, Inc. Insight Financial Services • Leighton Enterprises Little House of Pancakes, Ribs & Pizza M&T Bank • M.R. Ducks Bar and Grille Macky’s Bayside Bar & Grill • Mann Properties, Inc. McKesson Enterprise Information Solutions MedMatica Consulting Associates • Mind Over Machines Monogram Custom Homes, LLC • Nason Construction, Inc. NTT DATA, Inc. • Oracle Transcription, Inc. Park Place Jewelers • Peninsula Imaging, LLC Peninsula Regional Medical Center Peninsula Rehab & Sports Medicine, Inc. PKS Investment Advisors, LLC • RCM&D Ray Nornes, Inc. • Shenanigan’s Irish Pub and Grille Shore Bank • Silberstein Insurance Group Sysco Eastern Maryland, LLC • Lou Taylor Robert E. Warfield • David M. Wyatt Silver Sponsors Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley • Delmarva Collections, Inc. Park Place Jewelers • Silberstein Insurance Group title sponsor of this year’s event Lunch Sponsor Chick-fil-A / West Ocean City Reception Sponsor Williams, Moore, Shockley, & Harrison, LLP Dinner Sponsored By Dayton’s Boardwalk Famous Fried Chicken Newport Bay Cart Sponsor Shenanigan’s Irish Pub & Grille Seaside Cart Sponsor Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Newport Bay Green Fees Sponsor Gibbs Management, Inc. & Dough Roller Restaurants Seaside Green Fees Sponsor Dead Freddies Island Grill Hole-In-One Sponsor Barrett Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep Golf Ball Sponsor Silberstein Insurance Group Thank you to all of our volunteers who generously gave their time and talents to this worthwhile event. A special thank you to Bill Gibbs, the chair of the AGH Foundation’s Fall Golf Classic. Bronze Sponsors Five Star Physician Services, LLC • Peninsula Imaging Tee Sponsors Adelman, Sheff & Smith, LLC • The Adkins Company AGH Medical Staff • Atlantic Physical Therapy Atlantic Technology Services, Inc. • BB&T Bank of Ocean City • Bayside Skillet Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Blood Bank of Delmarva • Bonfire Restaurant, Inc. Centric Business Systems • Coates, Coates & Coates, P.A. Comcast Spotlight • Cork Bar & Grill, Inc. D3Corp • Delmarva Power • Sally H. Dowling, M.D. Fresco’s Italian Restaurant • Gillis Gilkerson, Inc. Grotto Pizza • Harborside Bar & Grill • Horizon CSA, LLC Hospital Support Services, Inc. The Little House of Pancakes, Ribs & Pizza Senator James Mathias • Mitchell Associates, Inc. Nason Construction, Inc. Nixon Uniform Service & Medical Wear • Old Pro Golf, Inc. Peninsula Rehab & Sports Medicine, Inc. Phillips Seafood Restaurants • PKS Investment Advisors, LLC Ron Jon Surf Shop • Shore Bank Silberstein Insurance Group Claudia Nicholls/State Farm Insurance • Sysmex Tidewater Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Associates, P.A. Frank G. Vetare • Drs. Jason & Preeti Yonker