Trial Begins For Defendant Charged With Murder Of University of Maryland Biochemistry Student

By Inacent McKeithan [former] - February 7, 2023
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“He was a good student,” said the mother of homicide victim 21-year-old Amir Whyee as the first day of trial began for the Baltimore Man charged with his murder. 

On Feb. 7, opening statements were waived before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Ronald A. Silkworth, and the assistant state’s attorney proceeded to call the mother of Amir Whyee as their first witness to support their case against the defendant Dorrell Jackson. 

During her testimony, Whyee’s mother revealed that prior to his murder, Whyee was in his third year at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where he studied biochemistry. 

Whyee’s mother noted that on Nov. 30, 2021, she dropped him off at a “female friend’s house” to relax before finals. Her last communication with Whyee was a text message at approximately 8:00 p.m. stating, “will talk to you soon.”

On Dec. 1, 2021, Jackson, 25, was placed under arrest and charged with the murder of a 21-year-old male on the 500 block of Random Road.

Jackson, now 26, is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a felony violent crime, possession of a firearm with a felony conviction, having a handgun on his person, having a handgun in a vehicle, and having a dangerous weapon with the intent to cause injury in connection with the murder of Whyee on Dec. 1, 2021. 

Jackson is represented by William Buie III. This trial is set to continue Feb. 8.