Judd Legum Represents Man Arrested For Tresspassing While Caring For Pregnant Girlfriend

In Annapolis, “Officers made 367 trespassing arrests from April through September of this year. That was up from 101 arrests during the same time period in 2007. Most of the arrests were made in and around public and subsidized housing communities.” While many of the arrests are clearly warranted, other innocent individuals are being prevented from visiting loved ones in need.

Judd Legum is representing a 19-year-old man with no criminal record who was placed on the banned list, arrested for tresspassing and prevented from visiting his pregnant girlfriend. Sunday’s Annapolis Captial has the story:

Judd Legum is an attorney who is representing a 19-year-old man charged with trespassing.

The man, whom he declined to name, was visiting his girlfriend when he was arrested for trespassing and banned from public housing. He was outside the apartment smoking a cigarette, Mr. Legum said.

His client still needs and wants to visit his girlfriend, who is going through a high-risk pregnancy, but isn’t able to do it.

“I think they need to have a system in place where the people who are engaged in criminal activity or otherwise creating an unsafe environment for residents there need to be kept out, but people with lawful purposes of being there need to be let in,” he said.

Mr. Legum has already succeeded in getting one of the two trespassing charges against the man dismissed. Read the full story here.

Man Represented By Alan Legum Aquitted of Murder

From The Capital:

Saying prosecutors lacked enough evidence to prove murder, a county judge yesterday acquitted an 18-yearold Annapolis man of charges he shot and killed an Eastport man.

Justen Jeremiah Johnson let out a deep sigh and shook defense attorney Alan H. Legum’s hand as a relative repeatedly yelled out “Thank you, Jesus.” Mr. Johnson cried as he em braced several relatives in the Annapolis courtroom.

An honor roll student at Annapolis High School, he earned his degree while awaiting trial this spring under house arrest.

His father, George Johnson, said his son wants to attend college and is interested in pursuing a law degree.

“Hopefully this could have some positive effect on him,” he said…

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