y. She was found guilty of premeditated murder and asked me to try to get the conviction reversed or reduced to manslaughter. I argued the appeal in the Maryland Court of Appeals. I was satisfied that I had done the best I could with a difficult fact pattern. As I was leaving the courtroom feeling pretty good about myself, an

ded FBI interview that she “did not in any manner view herself as a victim.” 444 The case most directly on point is Smith, 109 A.3d 1184, in which the Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed a violation of Maryland Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(d) based on a prosecutor’s failure to notify the victim of the resolution of a se