Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Has Trial Set for March 2023

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A Baltimore man charged with attempted murder had his trial date set before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Oct. 28.

Defendant Ryshawn Ellison rejected a plea offered by prosecutors of life, suspending all but 25 years with five years of supervised probation for attempted first-degree murder to run concurrent to five years without the possibility of parole for the use of a firearm in a felony violent crime

Ellison is charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, use of a firearm in a felony violent crime, having a loading handgun on his person, having a loaded handgun in a vehicle, reckless endangerment and discharging firearms in connection with the non-fatal shooting of a 23-year-old male on April 29.

Judge Phinn scheduled Ellison’s trial to start on March 15, 2023, before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Nicole Barmore.

Ellison is represented by attorneys Stephanie Salter and Brandon Mead.