Hope Tipton
Nonpartisan · MD · Associate Judge, Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Hope Tipton is an associate judge on the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and a 2026 candidate for election to the court. Maryland's judiciary identifies her as an active Circuit 8 associate judge.
Track record
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 1 record
Judge Hope Tipton denied a request to reduce the sentence of a man convicted of first-degree murder after considering his poor health, criminal history, the force used in the killing, and the danger she found he continued to pose to society.
March 18, 2025For
Source: baltimorewitness.org · researched July 13, 2026
Civil Rights
· 1 record
Judge Hope Tipton suppressed a defendant's statements captured on police body-camera footage after finding that officers kept him handcuffed and questioned him without Miranda warnings even after determining he was unarmed, violating protections against self-incrimination and guaranteeing due process.
October 16, 2025For
Source: baltimorewitness.org · researched July 13, 2026
Impartiality
· 2 records
Judge Hope Tipton suppressed a defendant's statements captured on police body-camera footage after finding that officers kept him handcuffed and questioned him without Miranda warnings even after determining he was unarmed, violating protections against self-incrimination and guaranteeing due process.
October 16, 2025For
Source: baltimorewitness.org · researched July 13, 2026
Judge Hope Tipton denied a renewed request to recuse herself from a long-running child-custody case after her elevation from magistrate to judge, explaining that restarting years of proceedings would further delay the children's case. Maryland's Appellate Court later held that she did not abuse her discretion and that the record did not show bias.
July 2, 2024For
Source: mdcourts.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Legal Competence
· 4 records
Judge Hope Tipton suppressed a defendant's statements captured on police body-camera footage after finding that officers kept him handcuffed and questioned him without Miranda warnings even after determining he was unarmed, violating protections against self-incrimination and guaranteeing due process.
October 16, 2025For
Source: baltimorewitness.org · researched July 13, 2026
Judge Hope Tipton denied a request to reduce the sentence of a man convicted of first-degree murder after considering his poor health, criminal history, the force used in the killing, and the danger she found he continued to pose to society.
March 18, 2025For
Source: baltimorewitness.org · researched July 13, 2026
Judge Hope Tipton denied a renewed request to recuse herself from a long-running child-custody case after her elevation from magistrate to judge, explaining that restarting years of proceedings would further delay the children's case. Maryland's Appellate Court later held that she did not abuse her discretion and that the record did not show bias.
July 2, 2024For
Source: mdcourts.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Governor Wes Moore announced Hope Tipton's appointment to the Baltimore City Circuit Court, citing her decade as a family magistrate and a legal career devoted to poor and low-income clients in family law, education, public-benefits, and landlord-tenant matters.
February 16, 2024For
Source: governor.maryland.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Elections
- Judge of the Circuit Court, Circuit 8 · June 23, 2026 · Baltimore city, Maryland · incumbent
Profile last researched July 13, 2026.