Jury Delivers Verdict in Wabash Avenue Double Homicide
A jury reached a guilty verdict for a 24-year-old man before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays on June 20. Datuan Blanchard, represented by Judit Otvos, was found…
+ Read MoreA jury reached a guilty verdict for a 24-year-old man before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays on June 20. Datuan Blanchard, represented by Judit Otvos, was found…
+ Read MoreA jury heard opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Mays in a fatal drive-by shooting case in a June 18 proceeding. Datuan Blanchard, 24, is charged…
+ Read MoreA Baltimore City Circuit Court jury found an 18-year-old guilty of a March 2023 Harlem Park murder. Clifton Shields was convicted of first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent…
+ Read MoreMultiple bullets taken from the body of 19-year-old Tavon Wilson Jr. were consistent with the handgun found on the driver’s side floor of defendant Clifton Shields’ BMW two days after…
+ Read MoreThe homicide trial of Clifton Shields rests heavily on circumstantial evidence, a Baltimore City prosecutor said on May 10, specifically, the defendant’s DNA that she said was found on the…
+ Read MoreHomicide defendant Tyshaun Williams appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on April 3 in search of a new trial date with his defense attorney Judit Otvos….
+ Read MoreHomicide defendant Amit Kumar re-appeared in mental health court in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin to receive the results of his competency evaluation on March…
+ Read MoreOn March 15, a 64-year-old homicide defendant appeared in court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor for sentencing in a brutal crime. Bruce Poole was charged with…
+ Read MoreA homicide defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard for retrial in the case of his wife’s fatal stabbing on March 1. Amit Kumar, 44, is…
+ Read MoreBaltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled the trials of a 24-year-old man facing several criminal cases on Feb. 15. Aamir Benton is charged in two murder cases,…
+ Read MoreAfter securing postponement of a previous trial date, a Baltimore man facing eight criminal charges is set to appear before a jury on June 17. On Feb. 2, 25-year-old Datuan…
+ Read MoreOn Feb. 1, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a trial for an 18-year-old murder defendant in the absence of a viable plea offer. Clifton Shields is…
+ Read MoreThe alleged getaway driver charged with the murders of Leion Davis Jr. and William Ferebee in 2022 will get a new trial date later this month, following a postponement request…
+ Read MoreCounsel failed to schedule a trial for an 18-year-old murder defendant before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton on Jan. 4. Clifton Shields is charged with two counts…
+ Read MoreBaltimore City Circuit Court Judge Stephen J. Sfekas reluctantly agreed to the plea offered on Dec. 4 to a defendant accused of shooting at his parents. Kenard Wiley, 24, was…
+ Read MoreThe courtroom was crowded with family and friends of Dominique Edmonds as he appeared before Judge Paul E. Alpert in a homicide case on Nov. 6. However, the victim’s sister…
+ Read MoreOn Oct. 5, a murder defendant who successfully appealed his first trial outcome appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to hear the prosecution’s plea offer. Jonathan…
+ Read MoreThe attempted murder trial of an Owings Mills woman was postponed to December on Sept. 19 as counsel expressed hopes to resolve the case prior to trial. Markia Vaughn appeared…
+ Read MoreAfter being tried twice for the same crime over the past five years, the case against 73-year-old Michael Allen concluded on Aug. 14, as he pleaded guilty to killing his…
+ Read MoreOn Aug. 14, defense attorney Michael Munafo informed Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn that he will be withdrawing his appearance from his client’s case. Defendant Kenard Wiley…
+ Read MoreA 64-year-old man and his defense attorney, Judit Otvos, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. on Aug. 14, to request a sentencing postponement in the case…
+ Read MoreA homicide defendant accepted a plea offer for the murder of his girlfriend on June 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Robert Taylor, with sentencing scheduled for later this summer. Defendant Bruce…
+ Read MoreThe unavailability of a prosecutor’s witness created a three-month postponement for the jury trial of attempted homicide defendant Roderick Johnson on March 20. The 37-year-old defendant was scheduled to begin his trial…
+ Read MoreA 19-year-old woman who is being charged as an adult for a 2022 attempted murder was scheduled for trial in September as counsel awaits to hear whether the case will…
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