Judge Schedules Third Murder Retrial
On March 22, a 32-year-old homicide defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland to schedule his third trial for a 2020 murder. Donnell Johnson is charged…
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On March 22, a 32-year-old homicide defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland to schedule his third trial for a 2020 murder. Donnell Johnson is charged…
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On March 14, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. presided over closing arguments in a retrial of a 2020 murder case where counsel disagreed whether the violence…
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On March 13, counsel presented opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor in the homicide case against defendant Donnell Johnson. Johnson, 32, is charged with first-degree…
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On Feb. 21, a hearing was held before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland to reschedule a murder retrial. The defendant, 33-year-old Donnell Johnson, is charged with first-degree…
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On Feb. 7, a new trial date was set for Donnell Johnson, a 32-year-old accused of first-degree murder for the death of 27-year-old Kenneth Bivens. Though Johnson’s trial was initially…
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Over a year after a hung jury resulted in a mistrial, a homicide defendant reappeared in reception court before Baltimore City Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to hear a plea…
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On Dec. 1, a prosecutor requested a retrial postponement before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn due to the case recently being reassigned. The prosecutor informed the court that Donnell Johnson’s initial…
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When a jury trial begins, whether it will reach a conclusion is anyone’s guess. A defendant has the right to bring their case before a judge or a jury to…
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Homicide defendant Donnell Johnson was denied bail on May 20 while awaiting his retrial in December following a mistrial last month. The 30-year-old defendant is charged with the killing of…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court’s backlog of felony cases decreased by nearly 5 percent between March 1 and April 15. However, the backlog of cases remains slightly higher than the count…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown declared a mistrial in the homicide case of 30-year-old Donnell Johnson who is accused of fatally shooting 27-year-old Kenneth Bivens in 2020….
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The ongoing trial of 30-year-old homicide defendant Donnell Johnson entered jury deliberations on March 30 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown. Johnson was originally charged with first-degree murder,…
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Witnesses called in the trial of a 30-year-old homicide defendant struggled to remember details of the 2020 incident during a jury trial on March 29 before Baltimore City Circuit Court…
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A 57-year-old Baltimore resident is facing life for allegedly killing a gospel radio host last year. Richard Green is accused of killing Trya Phillips Womack during an altercation on June…
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