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Jamestowne Court Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects 15 Year Plea

Details Attempted murder defendant Malik Alford opted to move forward with a jury trial after rejecting a plea of 15 years in prison before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K.... Read More

Judge Severs Siblings’ Trials in Attempted Murder Case

Details Baltimore rapper Dakas White appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yvette M. Bryant on Feb.12 expecting to proceed to trial alongside his 25-year-old co-defendant regarding an incident on April... Read More

Georgia Resident Rejects Plea to Firearm Charge

Details On Feb. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled the trial of a 29-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant after he rejected a plea offer. Christian R. Johnson of... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant’s Sentence May Be Reconsidered

Details On Feb. 12, a 62-year-old defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays for a non-fatal shooting. Michael Breckenridge was found guilty of second-degree assault and the... Read More

Man Accused of Killing Roommate Receives May Trial Date

Details On Feb. 12, a 25-year-old murder defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland, with his defense attorney Leonard Gutkoska to set his new trial date. Markis... Read More

Attempted Murder Case Dismissed Because Victim Won’t Cooperate

By Sara Palmer [former] - February 12, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details A motion to dismiss attempted murder charges made by defense attorney Augustine Okeke was accepted on Feb. 12 by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F. Vittoria. Okeke’s client, Dashawn... Read More

Homicide Defendant on Trial for Barber Shop Killing

Details On Feb. 9, a 45-year-old homicide defendant attended court appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton. Donte Simms is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a... Read More

Trial Date Set for Father Accused of Killing Son by Intoxication

Details On Feb. 12, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled the trial of a 30-year-old father accused of killing his young son by intoxication. Andre Jackson, Sr. is... Read More

Judge Denies Bail for 2017 Homicide Defendant Maintaining Innocence

Details On Feb. 9, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F. Vittoria denied bail for a 30-year-old homicide defendant who has been held in prison for five years. Matthew Lipscomb is... Read More

‘MDEC’ Rollout Postpones Trial for Woman Accused of Killing Her Two Children

Details The April trial for a 31-year-old woman accused of killing her two children was postponed six weeks on Feb. 9 to accommodate the rollout of the Maryland Electronic Courts (MDEC)... Read More

Teen Homicide Defendant Acquitted

Details A jury acquitted Zachariah Allison, 18, for the murder of 15-year-old Ja’Nyi Weeden on Feb. 2 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. On Aug. 8, 2021,... Read More

Third Co-Defendant in 2022 Murder Case Accepts Plea Deal as Victim’s Family Mourns

Details A photo collage depicting 31-year-old victim James Moore and his family brought a tear to Judge Lynn Steward Mays’s eye during his family members’ impact statements to the court. Ronnie... Read More

Homicide Defendant Accepts Renegotiated Plea for Walbrook Avenue Shooting in 2022

Details A 40-year-old man is expected to serve more than two decades in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of James Moore and dumping the victim’s body in the street... Read More

Double Homicide Defendant Receives Trial Date

Details On Feb. 8, homicide defendant, Dandre Woods-Bethel, received a July trial date from Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Woods-Bethel, 28, is currently facing charges of two counts... Read More

Debate Over Evidence in Closing Arguments for Attempted Murder Defendant

Details On Feb. 7, the jury heard closing arguments before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill in the attempted murder case against defendant Michael Harris. Harris, 36, faces two... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details On Tuesday, Feb. 6, Baltimore City Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland heard the case of a 31-year-old attempted murder defendant. Larry Winder III. Larry Winder III is charged with attempted... Read More

Man Accused of Killing Sheriff’s Deputy Gets June Trial Date

Details On Tuesday, Feb. 6, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a trial for a murder suspect on June 10. Jewel Crowder, 40, is charged with counts of... Read More

Postponed Trial Rescheduled for Murder Suspect

Details On Feb. 7, a new trial date was set for Donnell Johnson, a 32-year-old accused of first-degree murder for the death of 27-year-old Kenneth Bivens. Though Johnson’s trial was initially... Read More

Jury Hears Closing Arguments for Three Homicide Co-Defendants

Details On Feb. 6, closing arguments in the murder trial of defendants Darian Adams, Kamal Robinson and Raquan Baylor took place before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer. All... Read More

Defendant Gets Time to Consider Possible Plea

Details On Feb. 6, at a status hearing before Judge Anthony F. Vittoria, defense attorney, Natalie Finegar, requested her client have time to consider a plea agreement offered by the prosecuting... Read More

Judge Sets Tentative Date for Lengthy Trial

Details On Feb. 5, Gregory Beadles stood alongside his defense attorney Staci Pipkin to hear when he will go to trial. The defense and prosecution agreed that the trial is going... Read More

Defense Requests Postponement for Alleged Gas Station Shooter

Details On Feb. 5, Keith Anderson approached Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland, in reception court seeking a new trial date. Gregory Fischer, the defense attorney standing in for... Read More

Judge Denies Bail for 2023 Attempted Murder Defendant

Details On Feb. 6, a non-fatal shooting defendant was denied bail by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer. Gregory Barnes, 48, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree... Read More

Counsel Discuss Plea Agreement for Attempted Murder Defendant

Details On Feb. 6 a status hearing for Dareese R. Shelmon, was held before Judge Anthony F. Vittoria. During the hearing, the defendant’s attorneys, Janet Anderson and Robert Cohen, requested a... Read More