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Judge Acquits Murder Defendant of All Charges

By Ben Andreseen [former] - December 4, 2024
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones reached a verdict for a 30-year-old murder defendant on Nov. 19. Davon Parker was charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder,... Read More

Judge Denies Motions for Trial

By Baltimore Witness Staff - December 4, 2024
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yolanda Tanner sentenced a 27-year-old murder defendant to life in prison plus 15 years on Nov. 18. Ameer Gittens was convicted of first-degree murder and... Read More

Murder Suspect Waives Statutory Trial Date

Details Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed the trial of a 19-year-old homicide defendant until Apr. 2, 2025. The action came in a reception court hearing on Dec. 3.... Read More

Judge Postpones Homicide Defendant’s Pre-Trial Conference

Details On Dec. 3, Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed a hearing for a 31-year-old homicide defendant until Feb. 7, 2025. Uriah Cunningham is charged with first-degree murder, firearm... Read More

Gas Station Shooting Resolved After Mistrial

Details On Dec. 3, a 20-year-old defendant accepted a plea deal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Paul E. Alpert. Xavier Hawkins faces charges including first- and second-degree assault, conspiracy to... Read More

Frankford Avenue Murder Defendant Accepts Plea Deal

Details A 23-year-old defendant accepted a plea agreement on Nov. 22 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yolanda A. Tanner. Derek Steele III, is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

By Ziqi Zhou [former] - December 2, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details On Dec. 2, a 24-year-old defendant rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Christopher Eljian Holland, is charged with two counts each of attempted... Read More

Sentencing for One of Four Murder Co-Defendants Postponed

Details A 19-year-old defendant’s sentencing was postponed before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Dec. 2. William Holloman, 19, is charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to... Read More

‘It Wasn’t Supposed to Go Down The Way It Did,’ Says Murder Defendant at Sentencing

Details Family members of a murder victim expressed their pain and anger in a sentencing hearing before Judge Paul E. Alpert of the Baltimore City Circuit Court on Dec. 2. Michael... Read More

Jury Convicts 20-Year-Old Defendant of Popeyes Shooting

Details A jury has convicted 20-year-old Mekhi Green of attempted murder for a shooting outside a Popeyes restaurant earlier this year. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong granted defense... Read More

Defense Attorney ‘Dumbfounded’ by Murder Charges for South Paca Street Shooting

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge denied to change the status of a homicide defendant’s bail for the murder of 37-year-old Brian Nesbitt earlier this year, despite defense counsel’s argument... Read More

Prosecution Claims Shooting Defendant Attempted to Kill His Victim

Details The prosecution claimed in closing arguments on Nov. 18 in Baltimore City Circuit Court that a defendant made a clear attempt to kill the victim in a shooting. The proximal... Read More

Judge Postpones Attempted Murder Case Until Next Year

Details 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.... Read More

Judge Dismisses Attempted Murder Case

Details 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-... Read More

Convicted Killer Sentenced to Life Plus Five Years for 7-Eleven Shooting in 2023

Details A 22-year-old Baltimore man who was identified by his mother as the shooter in the murder of Edgar Bonilla-Guerra was sentenced to life plus five years for the 2023 homicide.... Read More

Prosecutor Requests to Join Co-Defendants’ Cases After Murder Mistrials

Details A Baltimore City prosecutor said the State’s Attorney’s Office intends to retry the murder case against 24-year-old Garry Morris and join his case with his co-defendant’s following a mistrial in... Read More

Parties Argue Over Surveillance Footage During Murder Closings

Details The defense and the prosecution argued over the accuracy of surveillance footage during closing arguments Nov. 18 in a homicide before Judge Althea M. Handy of the Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

Counsel Gives Opening Statements in Murder Trial

Details 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... Read More

Murder Defendant Claims He Was Intended Victim

Details During a murder trial on Nov.18 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones, the defendant claimed the victim actually tried to rob him Davon Parker, 30, is charged... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Takes Plea Deal

Details 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... Read More

Accused Drive-By Shooter at Family Shelter Denied Bail

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge has denied bail for a 38-year-old woman who is accused of a retaliatory drive-by shooting at a family shelter in September. The prosecutor trying... Read More

One Defendant in Home Invasion Accepts Plea–Another CoDefendant’s Trial Rescheduled

Details Two codefendants in an attempted murder and home invasion case appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey M. Geller on Nov. 18, while a third was in mental health... Read More

Man on Trial for Murder Claims He Never Had a Gun

Details A man charged with murder in a drive-by shooting claims he never had a gun the day of the crime before Judge Althea M. Handy of the Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

Double-Shooting Defendant Appears In Reception Court, Gets Trial Date

Details A 36-year-old murder defendant, represented by attorney May Hanna, appeared in reception court before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Nov.15. Munir Dawan Matin is charged with... Read More