Counsels’ Schedules Force Delay of Attempted Homicide Trial By 7 Months

By Andrew Michaels - April 21, 2022
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Two attempted homicide co-defendants will head to trial in November due to counsels’ unavailability over the next six months.

Ravanna Cornish, 40, and Dajuan Rheubottom, 24, are both charged with conspiracy to first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, firearm use during a felony violent crime, and having a gun within 100 yards of a public place in connection to an incident on Sept. 18, 2021.

Cornish, who has been convicted of multiple firearms charges in 2002 and 2013, is also charged with firearm possession with a felony conviction. 

During reception court on April 21, counsel standing in for defense attorneys Robert Cole and Maureen O’Leary, Cornish’s and Rheubottom’s respective attorneys, said neither attorneys would be available prior to the defendants’ Hick’s date of Oct. 2. A Hick’s date is a defendant’s right to be tried within 180 days of their or their defense attorney’s first court appearance.

Both defendants maintained their Hick’s rights; however, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn found cause to postpone the case past the date and scheduled the trial for Nov. 30 before Judge Melissa K. Copeland.