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A defendant can't get a fair trial when a bailiff wears a mask featuring the pro-police “thin blue line” during trial, a lawyer told Maryland’s top court.
Acting Baltimore District Public Defender Natasha M. Dartigue will become Maryland’s chief public defender July 1, succeeding the retiring Paul B. DeWolfe.
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Baltimore’s top public defender, Natasha Dartigue, will leave to become the Maryland public defender in July, the agency’s board of trustees announced Thursday.
Maryland’s top court will weigh if defendant’s right to a fair trial is inherently violated by a bailiff wearing a "thin blue line" face mask in the courtroom.
Paul B. DeWolfe will step down after more than 12 years as the state’s chief public defender on June 30.