Taiwan Mitchell appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton on Dec. 4 to hear closing arguments in his jury trial. Mitchell, 41, is charged by prosecutors with…
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The prosecution argued that a man charged with murder and attempted murder of a couple using a high-powered BB gun had motive and the ability to shoot. Taiwan Mitchell, 41,…
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On Nov. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial of three co-defendants accused of being in the ’39 Babies’ gang and committing multiple violent crimes…
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The second co-defendant charged with the murder of 28-year-old Donte Lee last year will head to trial in April 2024. A Baltimore City prosecutor offered 20-year-old Daquan Hawks a plea…
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At a reception court hearing on Sept. 19, Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled the trial for a murder defendant. The defendant, 40-year-old Taiwan Mitchell, was represented by…
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On Sept. 12, Khalil Madden was scheduled to appear in court in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John Addison Howard for the murder of an inmate while in…
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In the week since the “39 Babies” gang members’ last Baltimore City Circuit Court reception court hearing before Judge Melissa M. Phinn, the prosecutor and defense attorneys were not able…
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On July 17, three co-defendants had their trial further postponed as a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge set a special zoom meeting for all attorneys involved to figure out a…
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A mistrial was declared in the case of ’39 Babies’ gang co-defendants Gregory Beadles and Donye Thompson on June 22 after a witness’ testimony conflicted with a Supreme Court ruling that occurred days earlier….
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“’39 Babies’ or this group, it’s all imagination,” stated a defense attorney on June 15, regarding defendant Donye Thompson and his codefendant facing charges related to the ’39 Babies gang before Baltimore…
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Two members of Baltimore City’s “39 Babies” criminal gang will return to reception court on July 5, following the postponement of their jury trial due to changes in defense counsel….
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On June 8, a 38-year-old defendant charged with murder in 2019 was granted four hours of personal time per week with a requirement to inform the court ahead of time. …
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn placed a homicide defendant’s case on the “needed coverage” docket on June 2, after she scheduled the defendant to begin trial at the…
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On May 22, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn scheduled a trial for a defendant charged in a 2021 murder case. Defendant Taiwan Mitchell, who is represented by Staci Pipkin, is charged with…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn continued a homicide defendant’s hearing until next Monday to allow counsel to pick a trial date after the defendant rejected a plea of…
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“Convict them of murder anyway. That’s offensive,” said defense attorney Staci Pipkins on the last day of trial for a homicide co-defendant accused of murdering 25-year-old Devante Smith before Baltimore…
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On Feb. 7, 2020, Gary Watkins got into an argument with a woman who was like a daughter to him over allegedly stolen drugs, a Baltimore City prosecutor told a…
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On May 1, a Baltimore man accused of murdering 36-year-old Roy Henry Cantler had his reception court hearing continued before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. During Monday’s hearing, defense…
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“The state wants you to make leaps, jumps, and bounds.” Defense attorney Staci Pipkin told a jury during closing arguments for a defendant charged with the murder of 31-year-old Jordan…
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Jordan Taylor and his wife were sitting in their living room on a late November evening in 2019 when three men shot their way into the couple’s home in Southwest…
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One of the co-defendants accused in a deadly home invasion in 2019 has pleaded guilty to murder, among other charges. On April 11, Aaron Butler and his co-defendant, Kahlil Madden, appeared before Baltimore…
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The case against 42-year-old Dominic Boyd was dismissed on Jan. 5 in connection to a homicide from June 2020. Defense attorney Staci Pipkin told Baltimore Witness on Thursday morning that the prosecution…
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On Dec. 19, a Baltimore man hesitantly pleaded guilty to having a loaded handgun before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Martin H. Schrieber. The prosecutor amended a charge against Darius Martaz…
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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge accepted counsels’ plea agreement for an attempted murder defendant on Dec. 19 after another judge refused to proceed, deeming the terms insufficient for the…
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