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By
Andrew Michaels
- August 25, 2022
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A Dundalk man is awaiting his sentence in November after being found guilty of voluntary manslaughter on Aug. 22.
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Paul Cucuzzella presided over the jury trial.
The case of Robert Lee Edwards, 39, began before a jury of his peers a week prior in connection to a fatal stabbing on Sept. 17, 2021. The defendant, who was charged with first-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon with the intent to injure, was accused of stabbing 59-year-old John Gillian in the neck around 3 p.m. on the 5200 block of York Road.
Gillian was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, Baltimore Police reported, and Edwards was arrested later that day.
On Monday, a jury found Edwards guilty of a voluntary manslaughter charge but not guilty of first and second-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon with the intent to injure.
“It was the right verdict,” Edwards’ defense attorney, Sharon May, told Baltimore Witness.
May said Edwards is next scheduled to appear in court for sentencing at 1 p.m. on Nov. 9 in courtroom 417 in the Mitchell Courthouse.