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First-Degree Murder Defendant Gets Trial Date

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton set the trial date for an April homicide defendant. Nathan Brown is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a... Read More

Attempted Murder Case Stems From Family Dispute

Details An attempted murder case involving a family dispute hinges on the victim’s testimony as well the credibility of the suspect’s ex-partner. At issue is the shooting of an individual who... Read More

Trial Date Set for Double Stabbing Murder Defendant

Details On Nov. 2 Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton scheduled a trial for second-degree murder defendant Willie Lewis Billinger. Billinger’s attorney Todd Oppenheim was standing in for Deborah... Read More

Man Charged in Alleged Family Dispute Rejects Plea

Details On Nov. 2, a 22-year-old attempted murder defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton to receive a trial date. Tavon Jones is charged with first- and... Read More

March Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea

Details On Nov. 2, an attempted murder defendant rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton. Karen Terry is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder,... Read More

Suspect in 2015 Halloween Murder Receives Trial Date

Details On Nov. 2, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton scheduled a trial date for a murder defendant. Anthony Burris is charged with firearm use in a firearm use... Read More

Opening Statements in Trial About Argument That Turned Fatal

Details On Nov. 1, opening statements were presented in the trial of a man accused of murdering 26-year-old Bryant Timmons. The case is being heard before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge... Read More

Prosecution Withdraws Attempted Homicide Defendant’s Plea Offer, Trial Set in Jan. 2024

Details A Baltimore City prosecutor withdrew the State’s Attorney’s plea offer for a 23-year-old attempted homicide defendant on Nov. 1 when the defendant rejected the plea and opted for a jury... Read More

Pennsylvania Man Accused of Two Murders Within Two Weeks Headed to Trial in Feb. 2024

Details A Pennsylvania man facing multiple murder charges over two separate incidents last year will have his first jury trial in February 2024. During Baltimore City Circuit Court’s reception court proceedings... Read More

Defendant Accused of Older Brother’s Murder Acquitted of Remaining Charges

Details A jury has acquitted Singelton Duppins of the remaining charges in connection to his older brother’s murder after another three-day jury trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M.... Read More

Defendant Gets Less Than a Year in Prison for Summer Shooting on Esther Place

Details A 20-year-old Baltimore man will serve nearly a year behind bars for a non-fatal shooting in Southeast Baltimore earlier this year. Defendant Henry Escalon appeared in Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

‘Something Was Off,’ Prosecutor Says of New Year’s Day Attempted Murder on Belair Road

Details A New Year’s Day evening spent watching the Baltimore Ravens versus the Pittsburgh Steelers almost turned deadly outside City Line Bar and Grill in Baltimore’s Rosemont East neighborhood earlier this... Read More

Closing Statements Given in Bel Air Road Attempted Murder Trial

Details On Oct. 31, the assistant state’s attorney and defense attorney Stephen Tully gave closing statements in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer in the attempted murder... Read More

May 2021 Murder Defendant Accepts 30 Year Plea

Details On Oct. 30, Steven Arthur appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy to accept a plea offered extended by the prosecutor. Arthur, 33, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Man Accused of 15-Year-Old Girl’s Murder Has Trial Pushed to Early 2024

Details Homicide defendant Zachariah Allison’s jury trial for the murder of 15-year-old Ja’Nyi Weeden is expected to move forward in late January 2024 following the second postponement in less than two... Read More

Jury Hears Closing Arguments for Gretna Court Homicide Defendant

Details On Oct. 30, a jury listened to closing arguments for homicide defendant Joel Ugah before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Stephen J. Sfekas. Ugah is charged with two counts of... Read More

‘That Shows Deliberation, That Shows Premeditation,’ Says Prosecutor in Mannasota Avenue Murder

Details “There is no other person who could have killed Trevon Williams on July 31, 2022.” The morning of Oct. 27 saw closing arguments in the trial of a man accused... Read More

First-Degree Murder Defendant Found Guilty

Details The jury read the verdict for first-degree murder defendant Darries Sommerville in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton on Oct. 27. Sommerville, 29, represented by defense... Read More

Prosecutor Will Bring Mother as Witness in Retrial of Brother’s Homicide Case

Details On Oct. 23, in Baltimore City Circuit Court, in an emotional opening statement, the prosecutor of a homicide defendant claimed with intensity that the lives of the defendant’s family were... Read More

Video and Audio Evidence Presented in Double Shooting Retrial

Details The prosecutor of a defendant accused of homicide and attempted murder during a drug deal used video footage and recorded statements from the defendant to support their allegations of guilt... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Takes 15 Year Plea Offer in Jamestown Court Shooting

Details A 21-year-old Baltimore man accused of shooting at his niece’s maternal aunt accepted a plea of 15 years in prison for attempted murder on Oct. 26. The case against Jeremiah... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Seeks New Counsel

Details On Oct. 26, a 46-year-old attempted murder defendant wound up before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn even though his lawyer wasn’t ready for trial. Randy Jones is... Read More

Attempted Murder Charges Dismissed for Lack of Witnesses

Details Attempted murder charges against defendant Jonyai Lavaughn Napoleon were dismissed on Oct. 26 following the prosecution’s unsuccessful attempts to contact the victims so they could testify at trial. The 21-year-old... Read More

May Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Rejects Plea

Details On Oct. 26, a 27-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to hear the prosecution’s offer and set a trial date. Wallace Clifton... Read More