Judge Declares Mistrial in First-Degree Murder Trial
On Nov. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Martin P. Welch declared a mistrial in the first-degree murder case of Levar Attura Octavies Cooper. Cooper, 45, who is represented by…
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On Nov. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Martin P. Welch declared a mistrial in the first-degree murder case of Levar Attura Octavies Cooper. Cooper, 45, who is represented by…
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On Nov. 15, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland heard defense attorney Howard Cardin request a motions hearing to join three cases facing 18-year-old Jabre Griffith. The defendant…
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Although a witness who identified a 45-year-old homicide defendant as a suspect did not physically appear, attorneys debated the trustworthiness of his testimony admitted from a previous trial. Levar Attura…
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Evidence in the murder trial of 45-year-old Levar Cooper will leave jurors with more questions than answers, according to defense counsel Michael Tomko, as the only witness who identified his…
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On Oct. 12, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial for three codefendants, Raquan Baylor, Kamar Robinson and Darian Adams in connection to the June 2019…
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Emotions were high during the Sept. 27 sentencing of a defendant found guilty in connection to a non-fatal hooting incident on Boarman Avenue. Jarell Speaks, 21, was charged with attempted…
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On Sept. 11, a prosecutor and attorneys for three co-defendants charged with murder appeared to postpone the scheduled jury trial that was before a Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles…
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Separate trials for each of the three co-defendants charged with the murder of 21-year-old Amare Burrus will begin in late-January 2024. Darrean Fleming, Wesley Lambert and Garry Morris are all…
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On Sept. 15, a jury trial in a shooting case l before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence R. Daniels had to be rescheduled so the defense attorney could recover…
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On July 19, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge scheduled a jury trial for three codefendants accused of murdering a 21-year-old Amare Burrus. The defendants, Wesley Lambert, Garry Morris and Darrean Fleming, appeared before Judge…
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Chaos erupted along Boarman Avenue on May 10, 2022, when gunfire rained down upon a group of people. A year later, on June 27, a Baltimore City prosecutor argued that…
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On June 23, a 45-year-old defendant charged with murder in 2021 was scheduled to have his retrial in November. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a three-day retrial for…
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A Baltimore City prosecutor will not pursue the case of an alleged drug deal turned botched armed robbery against 19-year-old Kearie Crawford, instead, placing his case on the Circuit Court’s…
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Homicide defendant Chance Taylor was sentenced to ten years of incarceration on May 9 after moving forward with a plea offer rather than a retrial. A jury acquitted the 24-year-old…
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Defense counsel for 23-year-old Darrean Fleming argued that the prosecution’s alleged evidence against his client was insufficient as it does not confirm the identity of the shooter responsible for the murder of…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby granted a Baltimore man facing homicide charges bail on Feb. 14. According to the judge, defendant Keith Mario Luckey must surrender all firearms, and…
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A 20-year-old man had a summer trial date set on Jan. 11 for his alleged role in a quintuple shooting on Boarman Avenue last year. A Baltimore City prosecutor offered Jarell…
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A young man accused of shooting a 50-year-old man in the face had his case dismissed on Jan. 9. Montoya Cure Jr., 19, was originally charged with attempted first and…
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Although acquitted of first-degree murder in October, 24-year-old homicide defendant Chance Taylor appeared for a bail review on Dec. 20 after the jury was unable to give a unanimous verdict…
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A mistrial was declared on Dec. 15 in the case of three co-defendants charged with the murder of 33-year-old Antonio Lamont Jackson after the jury was unable to make a…
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Ten loud claps, one right after the other, echoed in the Mitchell Courthouse in Baltimore City Circuit Court on Dec. 7 as a prosecutor mimicked the ten gunshots that killed 33-year-old…
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Defense counsel for attempted homicide defendant Marcel Moses asked the prosecution to keep its plea offer open on Sept. 22 to give him time to finish reviewing discovery before his client makes…
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After less than a day of jury deliberation, Tracy Allen Jones was found not guilty of fatally shooting 21-year-old Davron Dorsey outside the EZ-Shop Grocery store in June 2019. A…
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“There’s not just one doubt. There are many doubts,” defense attorney Michael Tomko said during closing arguments on Sept. 12. “This is a modern day who-done-it.” His client, Tracy Allen…
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