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Defense Attorney’s Judicial Appointment Delays Client’s Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland continued the scheduling hearing of a 23-year-old attempted murder defendant because his attorney has been appointed a Baltimore County judge. Kyre Redd-Harris... Read More

Judge Sentences Dollar Store Murder Defendant to Serve Nearly 50 Years

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard sentenced a 26-year-old homicide defendant in excess of his sentencing guidelines despite all efforts by the defense to show mitigating circumstances in... Read More

33-Year-Old Man Acquitted of Murder Charges in 2022 East Hoffman Street Shooting

Details A Baltimore City jury acquitted homicide defendant Clipper Jordan on Jan. 5 after he was accused of aiding his co-defendant in the murder of Donte Miller. Jordan was acquitted of... Read More

Accused Edmondson Avenue Shooter Receives April Trial Date

Details On Jan. 11, a 47-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant received a new trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Nadeem Tajdin is charged with first- and second-degree... Read More

Defendant ‘Showed a Reckless Disregard for Human Life’ in Last Year’s Rec Center Shooting, Prosecutor Says

Details “We don’t know why [the defendant] discharged [the gun]. We don’t know who he discharged it at.” Defense attorney Lawrence Rosenberg spent his final moments with the jury presenting more... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Accepts Plea Offer

Details On Jan. 16, a 28-year-old defendant, alongside his attorney Natalie Finegar, pleaded guilty before Baltimore CIty Circuit Court Judge Ronald A. Silkworth. James Sutton was originally charged with first- and... Read More

Defense Attorney Claims State Report Finding Client Competent ‘Unsatisfactory’

Details On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 27-year-old homicide defendant competent to stand trial despite his defense attorney’s numerous issues with the competency report. ... Read More

Prisoner Accused of Stabbing Fellow Inmate to Death Sentenced to 40 Years

Details A 30-year-old man charged with the murder of a fellow prisoner was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Jan. 5 in a plea agreement between the prosecution and his... Read More

Man Accused of Fatally Stabbing Senior in 2016 Now Found Competent

Details On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 24-year-old homicide defendant competent to stand trial, but denied his release from psychiatric care. Christopher Straham is... Read More

Judge Denies Bail for Mother Accused of Shooting at Teen Daughter on Lyndhurst Street Last Year

Details A mother accused of shooting at her teenage daughter last April was denied bail on Jan. 12, despite the victim’s recanted statement. Theresa Taylor, 43, and her defense attorney, James... Read More

‘Everybody Agrees: There’s No Gun,’ Defense Says at Accused Shooter’s Bail Review

Details Defense counsel for 36-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant Louis Franklin argued no shooting ever occurred during an incident last fall for which his client was charged, despite the prosecutor’s assertion that... Read More

Man Found Competent to Stand Trial in Neighbor Dispute Shooting

Details On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 23-year-old attempted murder defendant competent to stand trial. Daykai Quarles is charged with attempted first- and second-degree... Read More

‘I Fully Expect for You to Die in Prison,’ Judge Tells Defendant at Sentencing in 2022 Gretna Court Murder

Details At the sentencing of convicted homicide defendant Joel Ugah, family members of 32-year-old Brittany Keyser implored Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory to “lock him up and throw... Read More

Victim Shot at Shooter First in ‘Anticipatory Defense,’ Prosecutor Says at Defendant’s Bail Review

Details A 20-year-old Baltimore man was denied bail on Jan. 12 for his involvement in a hit-and-run turned shootout on Frederick Road in May 2023. During Friday’s bail review before Baltimore... Read More

Mistrial Declared in 2021 Laurens Street Shooting

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. declared a mistrial in the murder case of 47-year-old Michael Harvey on Jan. 11 after the jury failed to reach a... Read More

2023 Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea Deal

Details A 30-year-old attempted murder defendant rejected a plea deal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Jan. 11. Willie Harris-Stanley is charged with attempted first- and second-degree... Read More

58-Year-Old Man Accepts Plea for Shooting, After Claiming He Was Defending His Home

Details A 58-year-old man’s defense counsel said her client believed someone was trying to break into his house when he fired a single warning shot from his living room window in... Read More

Defendant Shot Victim at ‘Point-Blank for No Reason’ Outside Freddie’s Sports Bar and Grill, Prosecutor Argues

Details When 49-year-old Damian Palmer saw a man standing near his car outside Freddie’s Sports Bar and Grill last March, his response was nothing short of senseless and reckless, a Baltimore... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Trial Delayed Three Months Due to Defense Counsel’s Illness

Details The jury trial of homicide defendant Nathan Brown was rescheduled for this April after the court was notified his defense attorney had Covid-19. The 32-year-old defendant is currently charged with... Read More

Accused Shooter Never Aimed at Victims in Rec Center Shooting, Defense Argues

Details Trevon Moore should not have had a gun on him, let alone fired the weapon, inside the Roosevelt Park Recreation Center last January, defense attorney Lawrence Rosenberg said before a... Read More

37-Year-Old Non-Fatal Shooter Takes Trial Over Five Year Plea Offer

Details A 37-year-old Baltimore man accused of a non-fatal shooting last August was given a trial date this March after rejecting a plea on Jan. 10. Marcel Holt and his defense... Read More

Prosecution Presents CCTV Footage and Cell Phone Records During Closing Arguments

By Sophia Amoroso [former] - January 10, 2024
Court | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details Counsel delivered closing arguments before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. in the case of murder suspect Michael Harvey on Jan. 10. Harvey, 47, is accused of... Read More

18-Year-Old Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects 20 Year Plea Offer

Details On Jan. 9, a prosecutor offered a 20 year plea deal to an 18-year-old defendant charged with a summer 2023 shooting before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. ... Read More

Prosecutor Dismisses Murder Charges Against Husband and Wife for 2021 Double Shooting

Details Homicide and additional weapons charges were dismissed against a husband and wife on Jan. 9 in connection to the murder of 26-year-old Brionna Glasgow and shooting of a 29-year-old man... Read More