The Next Stage in the Baltimore Legislative Immunity Case
The next round of memoranda have been filed by the parties to the Dixon
case, where the Baltimore mayor (though the case relates to her
activities as council president) is raising a defense of legislative
immunity in a criminal proceeding for perjury (relating to failure to
disclose) to keep out evidence that she knew that a developer who gave
her many gifts was involved in a development with the city.<br>
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Her first defense of legislative immunity led to the indictment being