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By Caroline Myers , Alyssia Davis , Andrew Michaels (Contributor) - September 22, 2021
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Details Cleveland DeShields was found guilty of first-degree murder on Sept. 22 in the death of his wife, Wanda Diggins after less than a day of jury deliberation. During closing arguments... Read More

By Alyssia Davis - September 20, 2021
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Details A jury found Ronald Brown guilty on Sept. 14 for the murder of William Scott nearly two years ago. Through the trial, the defense counsel challenged the thoroughness of the... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - August 18, 2021
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Details After nearly two days of deliberation, a 12-person jury found Baltimore resident James Phillips not guilty of the attempted murder of two brothers in November 2019. Phillips, 20, was found... Read More

By Connor Driscoll [former] - August 16, 2021
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Details After deliberating for about four hours, a 12-person jury found Clifford Knight guilty of first-degree murder on Aug. 13 at the Baltimore City Circuit Court.  Knight, 24, was also found... Read More

By Carly Schiller [former] - August 9, 2021
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Details After deliberating for about 90 minutes, the jury found homicide defendant Elontae Walker not guilty on all counts on Aug. 6 at Baltimore City Circuit Court. Judge Erik S. Atas... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - August 5, 2021
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Details Baltimore Witness recorded 28 homicides in the city of Baltimore from July 1 to July 31, 2021, just shy of the 30 homicides recorded in June. The majority of the... Read More

By Carly Schiller [former] - August 3, 2021
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Details After deliberating for about seven hours, the jury found homicide defendant Tyrek Hodge not guilty on all counts, including first-degree murder, on Aug. 3 at the Baltimore City Circuit Court.... Read More

By Connor Driscoll [former] - July 27, 2021
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Details After deliberating for 11 hours over the course of two days, a 12-person jury found Anthony Ward not guilty on all counts, including attempted murder charges, on July 26 at... Read More

By Baltimore Witness staff - July 19, 2021
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Details Baltimore Witness recorded 30 homicides and 57 non-fatal shootings from June 1 to June 30, 2021. Compared with June 2020, the homicide count for June 2021 was about the same,... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - June 28, 2021
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Details Around 1:45 p.m. on June 15, 2021, family members of defendant Dennis Padgett arrived at the Mitchell Courthouse to attend a hearing before Judge Pamela J. White at 2 p.m.... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - May 28, 2021
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Details In the Baltimore City Circuit Court, cases are called into postponement court when they are not a plea, or are inactive or dismissed. Unlike reception court, postponement court features offers... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - May 21, 2021
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Details Criminal defendants in the Baltimore City Circuit Court begin with an arraignment where they are informed of the charges against them, their right to counsel and, perhaps, have their case... Read More

By LaTrina Antoine - May 12, 2021
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Details Nearly a dozen court cases involving non-fatal shootings and homicides were postponed May 11. A judge in the Baltimore City Circuit Court scheduled new trial dates for the latter half... Read More

By Amos Gelb - April 26, 2021
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Details The number says it all. 335. The number of homicides in Baltimore in 2020. The number of non-fatal shootings was even greater.  But once they happen most cases are forgotten... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - April 26, 2021
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Details The coronavirus pandemic has created a substantial backlog of criminal cases at the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Court is scheduled to resume with jury trials for criminal cases on... Read More

By Andrew Michaels - April 26, 2021
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Details The Circuit Court for Baltimore City resumed full operations with jury trials on April 26, beginning with civil jury trials.  Criminal jury trials are scheduled to resume on May 5.... Read More