A McDonald’s drive-through shooting case from last January was postponed on Feb. 18 after defense counsel admitted he was unprepared for trial.
Angelo Jerome Riley Jr., 27, is charged with multiple accounts of attempted murder, assault and firearm use in connection to the shooting, which occurred during the early morning hours at a drive-through window on the 6000 block of Moravia Road.
Defense attorney John Deros agreed to waive his client’s presence for the hearing. He said given his workload, he has not spent enough time with his client to sufficiently prepare for trial.
Deros asked the court for more time to meet with Riley, to amend the situation.
“This is a very serious matter,” Deros said. “He needs my 100 percent.”
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Michael A. DiPietro accepted Deros’ claim that he was unprepared and gave him the remainder of the day to meet with Riley. The prosecution also agreed to postpone.
The trial is set to reconvene the morning of Feb. 19 with jury selection.
