To help make a Maryland couple's case that the home they purchased for $410,000 in December 2014 was defective and uninhabitable due to an alleged infestation of Eastern rat snakes, attorneys for Jeff and Jody Brooks say they may bring a live rat snake to the court to show to the jury. "One is allowed to bring any kind of evidence into the courthouse," Robert Duckworth, who serves as clerk of Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, tells the Capitol Gazette .