Out-of-State Witness Causes Prosecution to Place Attempted Murder Case on Stet Docket

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A defendant accepted the stet status for her 2022 attempted murder case on April 12 after a key witness remained out of state for trial.

The prosecution stated that they cannot prove their case without their witness, and thus Judge M. Brooke Murdock placed the case on the stet docket, meaning the case will be inactive for a period of time to allow predetermined conditions to be completed. In this case, the condition of stet was for the witness to return and be able to testify.

Defense attorney Warren Brown advised his client Saidah Williams about her rights in respect to stet, and she accepted the stet status.

Williams, 30, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first degree murder, use of a firearm in a felony violent crime, conspiracy to use a firearm in a felony violent crime, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, conspiracy to commit first-degree assault, second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, accessory after the fact, loaded handgun in a vehicle, and handgun in a vehicle in connection to the Sep. 8, 2022 incident.

According to the statement of charges, Williams and her boyfriend are accused of shooting a man on the 1800 block of North Chapel Street. According to an officer with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) investigating the case, Williams dug into the victim’s pockets after the shooting and drove her boyfriend to flee the scene.