Sharon V. Burrell

Sentenced DeAngelo McRoy to life in prison with all but 30 years suspended for the 2024 murder of a Germantown man. The sentence was less than prosecutors sought, and the State's Attorney said he was extremely disappointed.

August 7, 2026

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Received 2026 endorsements as part of the sitting judges' slate from Gov. Wes Moore, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Bar Association of Montgomery County.

May 21, 2026

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Sentenced Francisco Lara-Garcia to life in prison with all but 40 years suspended for the first-degree murder of his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend.

November 14, 2025

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Sentenced Cesar Alexander Lopez to 10 years in prison with all but five suspended for involuntary manslaughter. A 17-year-old died of an overdose after taking pills Lopez sold him.

April 7, 2025

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Sentenced Zhenyong Weng to 10 years in prison with all but 18 months suspended for his role in a gold bar scam against an 82-year-old Silver Spring woman. Prosecutors had asked for 20 years.

January 23, 2025

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Sentenced Flavio Lanuza to 10 years in prison for a police chase of more than 30 minutes in which he struck two state police cars, injuring a trooper, and 11 other vehicles.

December 12, 2024

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Acquitted former Ritchie Park Elementary principal Andrew Winter of second-degree assault after a bench trial. She found prosecutors had not shown enough evidence that he assaulted a kindergartener.

November 25, 2024

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Denied D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo's motion to throw out his guilty pleas to six Montgomery County murders. She put off his court-ordered resentencing until he finishes his prison terms in Virginia.

September 25, 2024

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Sentenced Francisco Barahona to 45 years in prison with all but 30 suspended for sexual abuse of a minor and second-degree rape.

February 23, 2024

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Sentenced Kevin Orihuela to 10 years in prison with all but four suspended, plus five years of probation, for a drunk-driving crash that killed a 62-year-old Germantown man.

December 15, 2023

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Sentenced Biet Van Tran to life without parole for first-degree murder, plus 55 more years for two attempted murders, in a stabbing attack inside a Silver Spring home.

September 20, 2022

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Sentenced a man to 10 years in prison plus five years of supervised probation for carjacking two men in Wheaton.

July 13, 2022

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Sentenced a Takoma Park police officer to three years of supervised probation after he pleaded guilty to three counts of fourth-degree sexual offense. Conditions included no contact with the victim and sex offender treatment.

July 22, 2021

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Refused probation before judgment for a former Kennedy High School student who threatened to shoot up the school and sexually assaulted a classmate. She sentenced him to five years of supervised probation with all prison time suspended.

July 19, 2021

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Ruled for an Ellicott City woman in a medical malpractice case and awarded her $2,045,213.51. She found that a Germantown spine surgeon negligently recommended surgery that caused nerve damage.

May 15, 2019

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Sentenced Eulalio Tordil to life without parole, the maximum sentence, for killing two people and trying to kill two others in the May 2016 Montgomery County parking lot shootings.

July 7, 2017

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Ruled in Melania Trump's defamation suit: she let Trump's claim against a Gaithersburg blogger go forward, then dismissed the claim against the Daily Mail because the Maryland court lacked jurisdiction over the British tabloid.

February 2, 2017

Source: bethesdamagazine.com

Became an associate judge of the Montgomery County Circuit Court after Gov. Martin O'Malley appointed her. She was the first African American woman to serve as a judge in the county.

October 21, 2008

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Argued for Montgomery County as an associate county attorney in Muthukumarana v. Montgomery County. Maryland's highest court ruled for the county, holding that 911 operators owe no personal legal duty to callers unless a special relationship exists.

August 26, 2002

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Was one of four finalists the Appellate Courts Judicial Nominating Commission recommended for a seat on Maryland's highest court. The Women Legislators of Maryland urged Gov. Larry Hogan to choose her.

August 25, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence

Source: marylandmatters.org