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By
Andrew Michaels
, Alyssia Davis [former] - April 7, 2023
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On June 21, 2021, homicide defendant Brandon Beshore crossed a line when he stabbed 33-year-old Daurell Hudson to death on Belair Road, a Baltimore City prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments on April 6.
“What could have been self-defense, legally justified [and] mitigated], wasn’t,” she continued. “…He made a conscious, premeditated, and willful decision to stab Darrell Hudson.”
One day after deliberations, the jury found Beshore guilty of second-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon with the intent to injure before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Ausby. The 35-year-old defendant was found not guilty of first-degree murder and making a false statement when under arrest.
He is currently scheduled for sentencing on June 30.
On the day of the stabbing, Beshore and Hudson got into an argument, and the defendant put the victim in a headlock, the prosecutor said. Soon after, Beshore picked up a knife that fell on the ground and stabbed Hudson twice.
During the trial, an off-duty Baltimore Police officer testified that people flagged him down just as he saw the defendant riding away on a bicycle. Video surveillance footage showed the officer jump on Beshore’s back to prevent him from getting away. Although there was no footage of the fight between the two men, another officer testified that she found a gold knife in the defendant’s right pocket while putting him inside the police vehicle.
This was the knife that was used to kill Hudson, the prosecutor added.
The prosecutor also mentioned another witness who she said was not cooperative with counsel during testimony when the witness said that he could not describe the assailant but had done so in a videotaped interview with police.
“When you’re not detail-oriented, it’s easy to draw conclusions that don’t actually exist, defense attorney Natalie Finegar responded during her closing argument.
Finegar further explained that the aforementioned witness, who the prosecution said saw the incident unfold, could not have seen it happen because he was making a U-turn in his car.
Her client’s wounds also suggested that he was fighting for his life.
“There are inconsistencies in the case,” Finegar concluded.