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  • Judge Postpones Attempted Murder Case Until Next Year
    Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed the trial of a 36-year-old attempted murder suspect until Feb. 25, 2025. The action came in a reception court hearing on Nov. 21 Patrice Lankford, 46, is charged with first- and second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, loaded handgun on…
  • Judge Dismisses Attempted Murder Case
    On Nov. 21, Baltimore City Circuit Judge Anthony Vittoria dismissed an attempted murder case against a 20-year-old defendant but the reasons were undisclosed. Mandyae Turner, 20, was charged with first- and second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, three counts of reckless endangerment, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, having a loaded handgun on his…
  • Counsel Gives Opening Statements in Murder Trial
    On Nov. 19, a jury heard opening statements from the prosecution and defense attorney Augustine Okeke in the trial of a 20-year-old attempted murder suspect.  Mekhi Green, 20, is charged in two cases in connection with an incident on Feb. 26. In one case, he is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts…
  • Attempted Murder Defendant Takes Plea Deal 
    On Nov. 19, a 28-year-old attempted murder suspect accepted a plea deal from the prosecution for two charges of first-degree assault and firearm use in a felony or violent crime in connection to an incident on Apr. 9. Justin Westbrook was initially charged with eight counts, including first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault,…
  • Jury Finds Double Homicide Defendant Guilty of Murder, Acquits on Conspiracy
    On Nov. 13, before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer a jury found a 19-year-old homicide defendant guilty of the most serious charges against him. Jabre Griffith is accused in a pair of March 23 incidents of murdering Ernest Hall and Micah Young.  In the first case, the jury convicted Griffith of first-degree murder,…
  • Jury Acquits Homicide Defendant
    Before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Alan C. Lazerow a jury acquitted a 33-year-old homicide defendant on Oct. 24. Martez Brooks was charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony-violent crime, firearm possession with a felony conviction and carrying and transporting a handgun. Brooks was accused of taking the life of 42-year-old Leroy Jeter III in connection to…