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Caroline Myers [former]
- September 2, 2021
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A man incarcerated for a murder in 2007 will get a retrial, which was scheduled on Sept. 2 at Baltimore City Circuit Court.
Donnell Johnson, 43, was found guilty of murder by a jury trial in 2008. He is charged with first and second-degree murder, handgun use in commission of a crime, and having a handgun on his person.
On Thursday, the prosecution offered Johnson a new plea of life with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder and 20 years for handgun use in committing a crime to be served concurrently.
Johnson and his defense attorney, Megan Lewis, rejected the offer.
A retrial was scheduled for Feb. 7, 2022.
Johnson previously plead guilty to second-degree murder for a different incident in 1995.
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