Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin read from a report on April 12, which stated that a defendant accused of committing a murder in 2022 was found competent…
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On April 12, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin granted Clifton T. Perkins Hospital their fourth extension to perform a competency evaluation on a 2015 murder defendant. Defendant…
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On April 12, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn postponed the start of trial for a non-fatal shooting defendant. Defendant Michael Crispino, who is represented by Warren Brown, was set to start…
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On April 12, at approximately 5:38 p.m., homicide detectives with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to the subway station at Port Discovery located on the 600 block of East…
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Defendant Byron Erin Lewis eventually admitted to the murder of 32-year-old Shammarh Jenkins, a Baltimore City prosecutor said to a jury on April 12. Represented by defense attorney James Sweeting…
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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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On April 11, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn postponed an 18-year-old murder defendant’s trial because his lawyer was out of town. Defendant Devin Curry and his stand-in defense attorney requested a postponement…
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On April 10, a homicide defendant had his reception court hearing postponed before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn, in light of the public defender’s absence. A stand-in…
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A 52-year-old man charged with the murder of Ahnmad Artis in February 2022 was sentenced to 25 years of incarceration on April 11 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Ausby….
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial for a defendant charged with three counts of first-degree murder on April 11. Prosecutors had no plea offer for defendant Shawn Brewton,…
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A convicted homicide defendant was denied his request for an alcohol and drug treatment evaluation on April 11 after Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn Stewart Mays told him he…
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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge significantly reduced the life sentence of Lamont Davis after his defense team argued trial counsel’s failure to present Davis’ “airtight electronic alibi” to the…
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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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On April 11, counsels were unable to reach an agreement on a trial date for attempted murder co-defendants before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. The prosecution offered co-defendant Dartagnan Smith an…
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A 52-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2021 murder of Ali Bey on April 11 after agreeing to plead guilty earlier this year. In February, Shawn Purvis entered…
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A 26-year-old woman accused of involuntary manslaughter in 2021 pleaded down to second-degree assault for a sentence of four years on April 10. Jasmine Jones was originally scheduled to begin jury…
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On April 7, an assault defendant had his trial postponed before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn due to new evidence in the case. During Friday’s proceedings, the prosecution informed the…
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On June 21, 2021, homicide defendant Brandon Beshore crossed a line when he stabbed 33-year-old Daurell Hudson to death on Belair Road, a Baltimore City prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments on April 6. …
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A Baltimore City jury sat quietly on April 6 to watch gas station surveillance footage of a shooting on Reisterstown Road nearly one year earlier. Meanwhile, the prosecution filled in…
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A 42-year-old convicted homicide defendant’s probation violation hearing was postponed on April 5 pending the ruling in another case in Pennsylvania. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie Hong was informed of a…
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A Baltimore City prosecutor argued to use a medical examiner’s previous testimony for the retrial of homicide defendant Jason Alcindor on April 5 after a judge recently denied the assistant…
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Erik S. Atas told a non-fatal shooting defendant that he was working to ensure that his rights were protected during a collateral hearing on April 6. Defendant Steve…
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Baltimore City’s Office of the Public Defender is actively working to reassign counsel to the case of 21-year-old Datwain Jackson, who is one of several suspects allegedly belonging to the…
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One of the two co-defendants charged with a shootout stemming from a fight at school was given a September trial date on April 5. During reception court on Wednesday, Baltimore…
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