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By
Shiloh Eschbach [former]
- September 26, 2023
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton accepted the postponement request for a defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter since a prosecutor was unavailable.
Harry Wallace is charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the death of his then girlfriend, Stacy Hill. According to District Court of Maryland documents, Wallace was initially facing six charges, including second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, firearm use in a felony violent crime, carrying a handgun and carrying a loaded handgun.
On Sept. 26, a stand-in prosecutor appeared in court before Judge Robert K. Taylor to request a postponement of Wallace’s trial because the assigned prosecutor was busy litigating a different case.
Both Wallace, 56, and his defense attorney, Josh Insley, were ready for trial, but because Insley had a scheduling conflict, the trial could not be pushed back this week and was instead postponed.
Judge Taylor sent the case to reception court before Judge Middleton, who granted the postponement. The new two-day trial was set for Nov. 28 with Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn expected to preside over the case.
Charging documents state that on Oct. 28, 2021, 51-year-old Hill and Wallace were wrestling over a gun when the gun went off killing Hill. When Baltimore Police Department officers responded to this incident on the 200 block of S. Bouldin Street, Wallace met investigators at the scene and described the incident to them.