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By
Cecilia Wetzel
- June 18, 2025
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Defense attorney Deborah Levi and teenage defendant Xyliq Synzere appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Piper F McKeithen on June 18. They filed a motion to compel the prosecution to produce all evidence and documentation relevant to this case.
Synzere, 18, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and supplemental firearms violations in connection to the murder of Trey Sanders on July 26, 2024, on the 1000 block of N. Eden Street. Sanders, who was 22 years old, was fatally shot three times in the head following a cookout. Synzere was just 16 years old at the time.
Levi told the court that she was unable to access or open several of the files that the prosecution provided She also claimed that the facial recognition files from the police department were turned over even though they were requested by both Synzere and his former co-defendants.
She also said the evidence includes many clips from “miscellaneous” videos and police body-worn camera footage that appear irrelevant to the incident, which hindered the process of building her client’s case.
Levi explained she needed every possible piece of information to defend her client, who is a juvenile facing life in prison.
The prosecution claimed they sent all relevant information to Levi. They said that any clips that may have been irrelevant however were labeled by the police under the same complaint number were sent to the defense in order to prevent the defense from claiming they were missing information.
Ultimately, the court ordered the prosecution to share all evidence in their possession with the defense, and to resend any files Levi claimed to not have received.