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The chart above shows the speed of our court system in 2023. Though the Baltimore Police Department reported 240 incidents of homicides, they only made 45 arrests related to those…
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A former Morgan State University student convicted of fatally shooting 19-year-old security guard Julian Fruh in August 2022 was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Jan. 16. Baltimore City…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland continued the scheduling hearing of a 23-year-old attempted murder defendant because his attorney has been appointed a Baltimore County judge. Kyre Redd-Harris…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard sentenced a 26-year-old homicide defendant in excess of his sentencing guidelines despite all efforts by the defense to show mitigating circumstances in…
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A Baltimore City jury acquitted homicide defendant Clipper Jordan on Jan. 5 after he was accused of aiding his co-defendant in the murder of Donte Miller. Jordan was acquitted of…
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On Jan. 11, a 47-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant received a new trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Nadeem Tajdin is charged with first- and second-degree…
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“We don’t know why [the defendant] discharged [the gun]. We don’t know who he discharged it at.” Defense attorney Lawrence Rosenberg spent his final moments with the jury presenting more…
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On Jan. 16, a 28-year-old defendant, alongside his attorney Natalie Finegar, pleaded guilty before Baltimore CIty Circuit Court Judge Ronald A. Silkworth. James Sutton was originally charged with first- and…
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On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 27-year-old homicide defendant competent to stand trial despite his defense attorney’s numerous issues with the competency report. …
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A 30-year-old man charged with the murder of a fellow prisoner was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Jan. 5 in a plea agreement between the prosecution and his…
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On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 24-year-old homicide defendant competent to stand trial, but denied his release from psychiatric care. Christopher Straham is…
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A mother accused of shooting at her teenage daughter last April was denied bail on Jan. 12, despite the victim’s recanted statement. Theresa Taylor, 43, and her defense attorney, James…
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Defense counsel for 36-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant Louis Franklin argued no shooting ever occurred during an incident last fall for which his client was charged, despite the prosecutor’s assertion that…
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On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 23-year-old attempted murder defendant competent to stand trial. Daykai Quarles is charged with attempted first- and second-degree…
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At the sentencing of convicted homicide defendant Joel Ugah, family members of 32-year-old Brittany Keyser implored Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory to “lock him up and throw…
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A 20-year-old Baltimore man was denied bail on Jan. 12 for his involvement in a hit-and-run turned shootout on Frederick Road in May 2023. During Friday’s bail review before Baltimore…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. declared a mistrial in the murder case of 47-year-old Michael Harvey on Jan. 11 after the jury failed to reach a…
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A 30-year-old attempted murder defendant rejected a plea deal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Jan. 11. Willie Harris-Stanley is charged with attempted first- and second-degree…
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A 58-year-old man’s defense counsel said her client believed someone was trying to break into his house when he fired a single warning shot from his living room window in…
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When 49-year-old Damian Palmer saw a man standing near his car outside Freddie’s Sports Bar and Grill last March, his response was nothing short of senseless and reckless, a Baltimore…
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The jury trial of homicide defendant Nathan Brown was rescheduled for this April after the court was notified his defense attorney had Covid-19. The 32-year-old defendant is currently charged with…
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Trevon Moore should not have had a gun on him, let alone fired the weapon, inside the Roosevelt Park Recreation Center last January, defense attorney Lawrence Rosenberg said before a…
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A 37-year-old Baltimore man accused of a non-fatal shooting last August was given a trial date this March after rejecting a plea on Jan. 10. Marcel Holt and his defense…
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Counsel delivered closing arguments before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. in the case of murder suspect Michael Harvey on Jan. 10. Harvey, 47, is accused of…
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