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A Baltimore man convicted of killing his wife while in the midst of their divorce was granted a motions hearing to modify a 50-year sentence on Sept. 17 at Baltimore…
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Editor’s note: The defendant was acquitted of charges in this case. After deliberating for 11 hours over the course of two days, a 12-person jury found Anthony Ward not guilty on…
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Editor’s note: The defendant was acquitted of charges in this case. The victim in a 2019 Halloween shooting testified against the defendant on the first day of an attempted murder trial…
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Editor’s note: The defendant was acquitted of charges in this case. A motion to suppress certain witness statements and body camera footage in a non-fatal shooting case from 2019 was denied…
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Editor’s note: The defendant was acquitted of charges in this case. All three pretrial motions were denied at the Baltimore City Circuit Court on July 20 in the case of a…
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An 18-year-old Baltimore resident rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on July 7 for his alleged involvement in a 2020 homicide. During reception…
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Criminal defendants in the Baltimore City Circuit Court begin with an arraignment where they are informed of the charges against them, their right to counsel and, perhaps, have their case…
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After his recent mistrial, homicide defendant Matthew Lipscomb received a November retrial date on July 27 during Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn’s reception court. The now-29-year-old defendant’s four-day…
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On March 29, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn granted defense counsel Andrea Jaskulsky’s trial postponement request due to needing more time to review evidence. Jaskulsky informed the court on Wednesday…
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A Baltimore man charged in the December 2021 fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man had his trial postponed on Feb. 23 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. The…
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Defense counsel in the trial of attempted homicide defendant Courtney Sykes compared the length of the prosecution’s case to that of this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, telling the jurors on Feb….
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On Feb. 2, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn scheduled a Baltimore man charged with attempted murder for trial following his decision to reject the plea offered to him….
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On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial for the defendant accused of killing 29-year-old Andrew Smith, a little more than a year after…
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A Baltimore man charged with murder had his trial postponed before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Dec. 12. Defendant Cornelius Hayes is charged with first-degree murder,…
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A Baltimore man charged with homicide rejected a plea offered by the prosecution on Sept. 9 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Jaquan Burks, represented by defense attorney…
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On July 12, a Baltimore man charged with first-degree murder was scheduled for trial for February of 2023 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Devin Davis, 34,…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea Handy sentenced a 19-year-old man to serve 12 years in prison after he accepted a plea offer Thursday morning during reception court. On June…
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