Both the prosecutor and the defendant in a June 2022 attempted murder case were absent from a scheduled sentencing hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Erik S. Read more »

Stand-in attorney Eric Berman told the court that defense attorney Bradley MacFee was not ready for his client, Daquan Maliek Allen’s jury trial on July 18. Read more »

A Baltimore man accused of fatally shooting 34-year-old Dondi Johnson in 2020 was sentenced to life plus 10 years on May 31. Read more »

Defense counsel Bradley MacFee requested to reschedule a trial because his client recently had a death in his family. Read more »

On April 3, a Baltimore resident pleaded guilty to two separate charges against him before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Erik Atas. Read more »

A woman accepted a plea in the case of a non-fatal shooting on April 3 before Judge Erik Atlas in Baltimore City Circuit Court.  An assistant state’s attorney offered defendant Destiny Nickelson 30 years, suspending all but seven years for attempted second-degree murder and 20 years, suspending all but five years without the possibility of parole and 5 years of probation for conspiracy to use a firearm in a felony violent crime.  The total plea was 50 years, suspending all but 12 with five years of supervised probation. Read more »

On March 22, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale Rasin read a medical report that indicated a murder defendant is competent to stand trial.  Defendant Charles Anderson and his attorney Bradley L. Read more »

A jury in the homicide trial of Kristopher Johnson returned a guilty verdict on Feb. Read more »

Homicide defendant Kristopher Johnson “turned the other cheek” during multiple conversations with 34-year-old Dondi Johnson, but on Oct. Read more »

A 31-year-old Baltimore man was acquitted on Oct 12 after facing charges for homicide. Read more »

A 20-year-old Baltimore man charged with murder had his hearing postponed due to his counsel filing a not criminally responsible plea on Sept. Read more »

On June 27, a Baltimore resident charged with attempted murder accepted a plea of time served before Baltimore City Circuit Court retired Judge Paul E. Read more »

A jury found a murder defendant not guilty after a long day of court June 15 that ended with the prosecutor punching a table and a murder defendant’s shirt coming off during closing arguments in a retrial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Read more »

Donnell Johnson Acquitted on June 15 A retrial was underway on June 14 for a Baltimore man appealing his 2009 murder conviction, despite the death of the two key eyewitnesses from the initial case.  Baltimore resident Donnell Johnson was convicted in 2009 for the murder of Byron Dickey on the 2100 block of Barclay Street after the two men got into a physical altercation, causing Johnson to produce a gun and chase Dickey down the street, shooting at him five times.  Johnson was arrested and convicted based on the eyewitness testimony of two siblings, who have since died, but knew Johnson, nicknamed “Nelly,” and were both on the street right next to the altercation.  Prior to opening statements, defense counsel Bradley MacFee motioned to get the two siblings’ testimony and identifications of Johnson thrown out for being unreliable and influenced by police. Read more »

A 20-year-old Baltimore man charged with attempted murder had all charges dropped by the prosecution on April 5 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn.  Keyontae Everett was charged with first and second-degree attempted murder, first and second-degree assault, use of a firearm during a violent crime, possession of a firearm as a minor, having a handgun on his person, reckless endangerment, and discharging a firearm within the city in connection to an incident on Sept. Read more »