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John M. Glynn Occupation: Baltimore City Circuit Court judge in charge of the criminal docket. In the news: Glynn recently ordered the release of dozens of detainees who he said were illegally held too long at Central Booking and Intake Center. Last week, he ruled the jail must release people if they have not seen a commissioner within 24 hours. High-profile career: When asked to list his career highlights, Glynn deadpans: "No highlights." A 1964 graduate of Polytechnic Institute and later of the Johns Hopkins University, Glynn served in the Vietnam War, which he likened to the criminal justice system as "another government-run fiasco with good intentions."

The transformation of the Towson men's basketball program continued today with the addition of the America East Rookie of the Year. Four McGlynn, who averaged 12 points for Vermont as a freshman, has committed to the Tigers. The York, Pa., native will sit out the 2012-13 season and have three years of eligibility remaining. “We're ecstatic about getting Four,” Towson coach Pat Skerry said in a news release. “We think he is potentially one of the premier shooters in the country.

A mistrial was declared yesterday after a Baltimore Circuit Court jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of a man charged with attempting to kill two city undercover city police officers March 12 on Elmley Avenue. Prosecuting attorney Richard Cecil said Judge John M. Glynn had no choice but to declare a hung jury after learning that one juror refused to participate in examining the evidence and had made up her mind at the beginning of the trial of 25-year-old William Floyd Crudup.

FOXBOROUGH, MASS. - - No. 5 Cornell had the perfect game plan to upset No. 2 Syracuse in the NCAA Division I men's title game Monday, but there were several in-game decisions that cost the Big Red. Many factors determined the outcome of this contest, but Cornell coach Jeff Tambroni didn't bring his "A" game as Syracuse won its second consecutive title with a 10-9 overtime victory before an announced 41,935 at Gillette Stadium. Entering the game, Cornell (13-4) wanted to control the tempo, and the Big Red did for nearly three quarters.

For years, William Nicholson supplied cocaine to three major drug dealers in Southeast Baltimore, and when he was arrested, the Highlandtown native had more than a pound of the drug hidden in his Yukon Denali. Last week, Nicholson entered a guilty plea that resulted in a prison term of no more than three years, a fraction of the 40 years he could have received if convicted of two charges of violating the drug kingpin statute. It appeared to be an unexpectedly generous plea deal. But Nicholson's short sentence brings to an end a case that, according to judges and court documents, involved either carelessness or wrongdoing on the part of prosecutors.

For the second time in two years, a Baltimore Circuit Court judge reaffirmed yesterday the life sentence of a Black Panther member convicted in the 1970 killing of a city police officer. Jack Ivory Johnson Jr. was granted a new sentencing hearing in 2002 because of a technical error during his original hearing. Police officers, including then-Commissioner Edward T. Norris, packed the hearing and argued that Johnson should remain in prison. Circuit Judge John M. Glynn agreed and re-imposed a sentence of life plus 15 years.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Peet Poillon had his fifth hat trick of the season, and Ohio State beat Cornell, 15-7, in the first round of the NCAA tournament yesterday. The Buckeyes (11-5) will face No. 1 seed Duke (17-1) next Sunday. The Blue Devils advanced by beating Loyola, 12-7. Ohio State, in its third playoff appearance, will be making its first trip to the quarterfinals. The Buckeyes jumped out to a 5-1 lead over the Big Red (11-4). They padded their lead to 10 goals four times in the second half , totaling 29 shots, and scored on 11 of 15 shots in the first half.

Baseball Diamondbacks: Placed P Brian Anderson on 15-day DL with strained groin. Recalled P Geraldo Guzman from Triple-A Tucson. Rangers: Placed P Ryan Glynn on 15-day DL, retroactive to Friday, with back injury. Red Sox: Placed IF Craig Grebeck on 15-day DL with bruised left foot. Recalled IF Lou Merloni from Triple-A Pawtucket. Yankees: Recalled P Brandon Knight from Triple-A Columbus. Transferred P Christian Parker from 15-day to 60-day DL.

A Baltimore Circuit Court judge ruled yesterday that the trial of three correctional officers accused of beating to death Raymond K. Smoot will remain in the city, rejecting a defense motion for change of venue. Dameon C. Woods, Nathan D. Colbert and James L. Hatcher are charged with second-degree murder in the case, which is scheduled for trial in September. They are accused of fatally attacking Smoot, 51, in May 2005 in his cell at the city Central Booking and Intake Center. Defense attorneys for the officers argued the change-of-venue motion in a hearing last month before Circuit Judge John M. Glynn.

There was Hugh Wade standing in a courtroom in January, asking a judge to delay his check fraud trial because he wasn't happy with his lawyer. It was an unusual request in Baltimore Circuit Court. But with this defendant, it was deja vu. "Isn't this the same situation we were in I don't know how many months ago?" Circuit Judge John M. Glynn asked Wade before denying his motion to dismiss his latest attorney. Through Wade's court file and previous court appearances, a tale emerges about a convicted 57-year-old counterfeiter charged with 19 counts of forgery and fraud who might be trying another scheme -- this time with the judicial system.

A Baltimore Circuit Court judge blocked a defense attorney yesterday from participating in the retrial of two men prosecutors accuse of participating in a gang war that left three dead and four wounded in East Baltimore in 2003. During the original trial, which resulted in guilty verdicts that were later overturned, defense attorney Howard L. Cardin represented Clayton "Coco" Colkley, 32. Yesterday Cardin sought to represent Colkley's former co-defendant, Darnell "Pooh" Fields, 28, at the retrial.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Peet Poillon had his fifth hat trick of the season, and Ohio State beat Cornell, 15-7, in the first round of the NCAA tournament yesterday. The Buckeyes (11-5) will face No. 1 seed Duke (17-1) next Sunday. The Blue Devils advanced by beating Loyola, 12-7. Ohio State, in its third playoff appearance, will be making its first trip to the quarterfinals. The Buckeyes jumped out to a 5-1 lead over the Big Red (11-4). They padded their lead to 10 goals four times in the second half , totaling 29 shots, and scored on 11 of 15 shots in the first half.

The two men who did nothing to stop the violent assault on a 73-year-old veteran Sun journalist -- who was kicked and beaten unconscious on a downtown street -- were sentenced yesterday to probation. Baltimore Circuit Judge John M. Glynn said that the criminal implications of Gregory Kulla's and Latar Bradshaw's inaction in February 2006 were less than the moral ones. The man convicted of carrying out the beating, Phillip M. Carter, 20, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. "It's morally shocking," Glynn said.

Three decades after Charles A. Hopkins shot to death a Baltimore councilman and wounded several others inside a temporary City Hall, a judge still felt uneasy yesterday about reducing the man's level of confinement. Hopkins, 66, was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1976 shootings. Since then, he has spent most of his life at mental facilities in treatment for schizophrenia. He lived in a halfway house for several years, then was released conditionally in 2002. That was revoked when he began smoking marijuana.

Just over two weeks after Mayor Sheila Dixon sought to temporarily release him for his son's funeral, Charles Murel pleaded guilty yesterday to being a felon in possession of a weapon. Murel, 20, had been convicted in 2005 of carjacking. In this more recent case, he admitted to having a black Glock 9 mm handgun when police arrested him near a grocery store on Pratt Street in West Baltimore. His 3-year-old son, Charles Murel III, was killed June 30 when two cars collided and ricocheted into him and a woman in the 1900 block of W. Lanvale St. When Dixon called the child's mother to express her condolences, the mother asked Dixon if she would help arrange for the elder Murel to attend the funeral.

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon yesterday said she regretted asking a top aide to temporarily spring a convicted felon so that he could attend his son's funeral - arguing, in part, that she had not been properly briefed on his lengthy criminal background. Dixon's chief of staff, Otis Rolley III, made several phone calls late last week in an effort to allow Charles Murel, 20, to attend his 3-year-old son's funeral. Murel is being held in Baltimore's Central Booking and Intake Facility on firearms charges and was convicted two years ago of carjacking.

Baltimore judges are hoping that city residents with jury duty this morning notice a welcome change: less waiting around. Starting today, the Circuit Court will shift the way it processes criminal cases by shuffling the duties of the 10 criminal judges. Instead of having each judge sift through dozens of routine court pleadings before getting to their trials, two judges will now spend their entire day handling those duties, leaving the rest to focus exclusively on trials. "Jurors will love it," said Judge John M. Glynn, who oversees the criminal caseload.

The case of a 57-year-old woman charged with killing her husband for profit was delayed yesterday in Baltimore Circuit Court because the woman criticized her lawyer, Warren A. Brown, in court, causing a heated confrontation that ended only when a judge called a "time out." Geralene Lincoln, who could receive two life sentences if she is convicted in the bludgeoning death in 1995 of her husband, Leroy Lincoln Sr., was supposed to face trial yesterday. Instead, she handed Judge John M. Glynn a stack of letters alleging that Brown, a high-profile lawyer, was neglecting her case.

Baltimore judges are hoping that city residents with jury duty this morning notice a welcome change: less waiting around. Starting today, the Circuit Court will shift the way it processes criminal cases by shuffling the duties of the 10 criminal judges. Instead of having each judge sift through dozens of routine court pleadings before getting to their trials, two judges will now spend their entire day handling those duties, leaving the rest to focus exclusively on trials. "Jurors will love it," said Judge John M. Glynn, who oversees the criminal caseload.

Supporters rally for city smoking ban Advocates for a smoking ban in Baltimore's bars and restaurants held a rally in Fells Point yesterday to support pending City Council legislation calling for the prohibition. Councilman Robert W. Curran's smoking ban bill will be heard on Oct. 25 in the council's Judiciary and Legislative Investigations committee at 5 p.m., which will be televised on cable Channel 25. Restaurant owners and workers joined Curran, Councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr. and other supporters outside Timothy Dean's Bistro to say it is time for Baltimore to follow the lead of Montgomery, Prince George's, Talbot and Howard counties, which have all enacted similar bans.