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By
Andrew Michaels
- October 19, 2023
Attempted Murder
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Court
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Daily Stories
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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Shooting
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Suspects
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A 34-year-old Baltimore man will head to trial for attempted murder charges in February 2024 after rejecting a prosecutor’s plea offer of 45 years incarceration on Oct. 19.
The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office will move forward with its case against Jamal Piles who is currently charged with attempted first and second-degree murder, first and second-degree assault, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, having a handgun on his person, having a loaded handgun on his person, having a handgun in a vehicle, having a loaded handgun in a vehicle and discharging a firearm as well as two counts of reckless endangerment.
The charges stem from an incident on June 6.
During reception court on Thursday, defense attorney Amanda Savage informed the prosecutor that her client rejected the plea offer of life, suspending all but 45 years, and five years of supervised probation for attempted first-degree murder, a concurrent 20 years, the first five years without parole, for firearm use in a felony or violent crime and a concurrent three years for having a handgun on his person.
The terms of the plea also required Piles register as a gun offender.
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled Piles’ four-day trial to begin on Feb. 22 before Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr.