In 2022, every sitting judge in Carroll County Circuit Court banned Allan Culver Jr. from their courtrooms after he failed to disclose evidence that could have helped defendants. A conviction was overturned. At least four people sat in jail on tainted cases. He called the evidence a "rumor." Now he's running for State's Attorney.
Read the Full Story What Is the Brady Rule?The Brady Rule — established by the Supreme Court in Brady v. Maryland (1963) — is a fundamental constitutional protection. It requires prosecutors to share any evidence that could help a defendant. Violating it doesn't just lose a case. It destroys lives.
Prosecutors must disclose any evidence favorable to the accused — evidence that negates guilt, reduces punishment, or undermines the credibility of police or witnesses. This is not optional. It is a constitutional duty.
When prosecutors hide Brady material, innocent people go to prison. Convictions get overturned on appeal — sometimes after years. Families are destroyed. This is exactly what happened in Carroll County in 2022.
Prosecutors must actively seek out exculpatory information — not wait for it to be handed to them. When a prosecutor learns that a key officer may have committed perjury, the law requires disclosure. Full stop.
Carroll County's own judges determined that Culver failed this constitutional duty. He then opposed two Maryland bills designed to strengthen Brady compliance. Now he wants to be the chief prosecutor. George Psoras has pledged full compliance.
2022 was Culver's year as Acting State's Attorney. The numbers speak for themselves.
Sources: FBI NIBRS Data 2021-2022 · CrimeGrade.org 2025
This is the documented Carroll County case — not a hypothetical, not an allegation. This is what happened in our own courthouse, on the record, in sworn testimony reported by the Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Sun, and Capital Gazette.
Prosecutor Jennifer Brady tells Culver and Deputy SA Coyne that state troopers had set a trap for Sheriff's Deputy Sean Buenger — giving him a fake drug house address. Buenger wrote a search warrant affidavit claiming he'd visited the fake house and found drug paraphernalia in the trash. This is potentially exculpatory evidence required by law to be disclosed to defense attorneys in every case Buenger was involved in.
Brady raises the issue multiple times. She independently contacts the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Maryland Attorney General's Office to confirm her disclosure obligations. She warns a colleague handling Buenger cases. Throughout this period, at least four people are being held in jail without bond on cases involving Buenger.
Judge Richard Titus convenes a hearing, demanding to know "who knew what, and when." Brady testifies under oath. Culver's response to documented evidence of potential perjury: he calls it a "rumor." Judge Titus is not satisfied.
Every sitting Carroll County Circuit Court judge announces they will refuse to hear cases involving Culver. Three days later, Deputy SA Coyne resigns. A man's drug conviction is overturned. The Maryland Public Defender calls it an "egregious failure."
The State's Attorney primary is held weeks after the judicial ban. Culver doesn't run — he's banned from the courtrooms of every judge who would oversee his office. He endorses Haven Shoemaker, who wins. Shoemaker hires Culver back as Senior Assistant State's Attorney.
Shoemaker — Culver's boss and endorsee — issues a "cleared" statement. But the 15-month state prosecutor investigation was into Buenger, not Culver. The Buenger finding: "inconclusive." Culver was never independently investigated. A Carroll County reader put it plainly: "If you received an inconclusive cancer screening, would you declare yourself cancer free?"
With three years of distance, Culver files to run for Carroll County State's Attorney. He is asking voters to give him the job every judge in his own courthouse deemed him unfit to hold. Carroll County voters will decide in 2026.
Culver's campaign rests on one claim: that he was investigated and cleared. Examine that claim carefully.
The 15-month investigation concluded and he was cleared of wrongdoing.
Culver was never the subject of an independent investigation. The Buenger finding was "inconclusive" — not exoneration. Culver was declared "cleared" by Haven Shoemaker — his own boss, the man he personally endorsed in 2022, who then hired him back. A political ally clearing a political ally is not independent exoneration.
The matter was fully investigated and everyone returned to normal duties.
Judge Titus heard testimony and evidence before his concerns were "magnified." Four judges made an independent judicial decision. One conviction was overturned. The Public Defender called it "egregious." None of this was reversed on appeal or invalidated. The finding stands in the public record.
While Acting State's Attorney, Culver submitted written testimony to the Maryland General Assembly opposing two transparency reform bills. Both are on the public record at mgaleg.maryland.gov. Both are worth reading.
Would have mandated cooperation between law enforcement and the Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division in police-involved incidents — independent oversight designed to ensure accountability in exactly the kind of situation that arose with Deputy Buenger.
Would have required State's Attorney offices to collect and publish 65 categories of data on every criminal case — creating a public record of prosecutorial patterns, charging decisions, and outcomes. Would have enabled the public to identify systemic overreach.
Two criminals broke into a Carroll County small business. When the owner defended himself, Culver's office charged the victim with assault — and ignored the criminals who broke in.
The community demanded the charges be dropped. Culver's office ignored them and pressed forward with the prosecution.
George Psoras took the case. He defended the store owner in Carroll County Circuit Court. The judge disagreed with Culver's office completely.
Source: Carroll County Circuit Court, Judge Stansfield
The Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) — a proposal by PSEG, a New Jersey corporation — would cut a 150-foot-wide, 70-mile path through Carroll County. PSEG has already filed court motions to force entry onto private land.
Opposes MPRP. No eminent domain for corporate gain. No surveyors without consent. 38 years defending people against powerful interests.
No public position opposing MPRP. No statement protecting Carroll County landowners. Silent while a corporation files motions against your property.
Sources: Carroll County Board of Commissioners Resolution · WMAR2 News (April 2025) · Baltimore Sun
George Psoras and Joe Murtha have pledged full Brady Rule compliance, prosecutorial transparency, and a State's Attorney's office that serves Carroll County — not itself. Republican Primary June 23. Early Voting June 11.
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