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Judge Allows Prosecution to Use Medical Examiner’s Testimony from Previous Trial in Homicide Defendant’s Retrial

Details A Baltimore City prosecutor argued to use a medical examiner’s previous testimony for the retrial of homicide defendant Jason Alcindor on April 5 after a judge recently denied the assistant... Read More

Judge Reaches ‘Middle Ground’ to Protect Rights of Convicted Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Erik S. Atas told a non-fatal shooting defendant that he was working to ensure that his rights were protected during a collateral hearing on April 6. Defendant Steve... Read More

Public Defender’s Office Seeks New Counsel For ’39 Babies’ Gang Member

Details Baltimore City’s Office of the Public Defender is actively working to reassign counsel to the case of 21-year-old Datwain Jackson, who is one of several suspects allegedly belonging to the... Read More

Co-Defendant Takes September Trial Date for Shooting Stemming from a Fight at School

Details One of the two co-defendants charged with a shootout stemming from a fight at school was given a September trial date on April 5. During reception court on Wednesday, Baltimore... Read More

Police Arrest 15-Year-Old Suspect in Shooting that Killed One and Left Five Injured

Details On April 4, at approximately 4:30 p.m., members of the Southwest District Action Team, Baltimore Community Intelligence Center (BCIC) and the Baltimore City Helicopter Unit (Foxtrot) coordinated efforts to arrest... Read More

Woman Who Confessed to 1-Year-Old Boy’s Murder Gets September Trial

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge set a September trial date for a 26-year-old mother accused of her child’s murder after confessing voices told her to do it. Shakira Shaw,... Read More

Counsel Agrees on Trial Date for Man Accused of Shooting Girlfriend in the Head, Burning Her Body

Details Following two days of pre-trial motions, the trial of homicide defendant Jermaine Jeter is expected to move forward next week for the brutal murder of his girlfriend in October 2021. This will... Read More

Man Charged with Murdering Woman, Toddler, Unborn Child Has Trial Delayed Third Time after Prosecutor Admitted to Hospital

Details Tripe homicide defendant Devon Sample had his jury trial postponed for the third time in one year after the prosecutor assigned to the case was admitted to the hospital. On April 4,... Read More

Lexington Street 2022 Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea

Details An attempted murder defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn and rejected a plea offer during a scheduling hearing on April 4. Defendant Perry Brown rejected... Read More

Trial Begins in 2021 Belair Road Stabbing Case

By Inacent McKeithan [former] - April 5, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects | Victims |

Details “The law does not require us to make the best choices,”said the assistant state’s attorney to a jury before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby on April 4,... Read More

Defendant Was Trying to Protect His Friend During Double Shooting on S. Potomac Street, Defense Says

Details Defense counsel for attempted homicide defendant Mario Diaz admitted that his client was drunk and high when he shot two people outside a bar on S. Potomac Street last year,... Read More

Defendant Accused of Gas Station Shooting Returned Fire After Being Shot in the Back, Defense Counsel Argues

Details Defense counsel for attempted homicide defendant Joseph Moulden adamantly argued on April 4 that his client only returned gunfire in the direction of the alleged shooter after the former was shot in... Read More

Man Convicted of Fatally Stabbing His Wife 55 Times Has Retrial Moved to September

Details A man previously convicted in the stabbing death of his wife had the start of his retrial transferred to another date on April 3 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Amit... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty in 2022 Attempted Robbery Case

Details On April 3, a Baltimore resident pleaded guilty to two separate charges against him before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Erik Atas. Deaira Roary, and his defense counsel Robert Ness, accepted a plea... Read More

Rosedale Court Attempted Murder Co-Defendants Reject Pleas

By Cooper Griffiths [former] - April 4, 2023
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details On April 3, one of two accused attempted murder co-defendants received a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn, while the other was still missing files and... Read More

Woman Charged with Attempted Murder Accepts Plea in 2022 Maryland Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting Case

Details A woman accepted a plea in the case of a non-fatal shooting on April 3 before Judge Erik Atlas in Baltimore City Circuit Court. An assistant state’s attorney offered defendant... Read More

Prosecutor Causes Delay in Retrial for 2016 Murder Defendant

Details A second-degree murder defendant previously convicted in the death of Johniece Shepard had his retrial date postponed on April 3 in a Baltimore City Circuit Court. Laser Womack’s, 26, trial... Read More

Prosecution Enters Nolle Pros for Co-Defendant in 2020 Murder Case of 18-Year-Old

Details A 19-year-old defendant accused of the murder of 18-year-old Riyad Campbell had his case nolle pros by the prosecution before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert Taylor on March 31. The prosecution... Read More

East Lafayette Street Shooter Found Not Guilty after Defense Argues There Was No Evidence in 2019 Murder

Details A 49-year-old Baltimore City man was found not guilty on March 29 for the murder of Desmond Scroggins, who was shot in the head and killed late one night along... Read More

Witness’ Description of Shooter Did Not Match Defendant, Defense Says

Details Defense counsel for homicide defendant Sean Melton Jr. argued that the prosecution did not use a witness’ description of the shooter during trial as it did not match her client.... Read More

Woman Charged with 4-Year-Old Boy’s Murder Set for May Trial

Details An eight-day jury trial was scheduled for a Baltimore woman on March 31 in connection to the murder of her partner’s 4-year-old child in 2019. Shateka Lawson, 43, was initially... Read More

Man Found Guilty of Fatally Shooting Woman at Close Range on Stafford Street in 2019

Details Homicide defendant Calvin McCrea tried to cover his tracks by calling the cell phone of 33-year-old Antone Suggs ten times after he had already shot her to death, according to... Read More

Murder Defendant Believes He Is Charged with ‘Self Defense,’ Judge Orders Competency Review

Details On March 29, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin inquired a murder defendant about his charges during a mental health court hearing and he replied “self defense.” Defendant... Read More

Defendant in Fatal 6th Street Shooting Case Sentenced for Homicide

Details “I often think about how my cousin was beaten and killed,” said the cousin of homicide victim Dwayne Maxwell while the defendant charged in his death pleaded guilty on March... Read More