After a Baltimore resident rejected a plea offer of life in prison, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn scheduled a homicide trial for July following defense counsel's resistance on May 17.  However, Clipper Jordan’s defense counsel, Jerome Wilson, a stand-in for Isabel Lipman, said Lipman told him she would need time to review all the evidence and wouldn't be ready for a July trial. Read more »

Homicide defendant Jaquan Terrell Burks opted to take a plea offer on March 14 after his trial concluded, but while jurors were still in deliberations. Read more »

Ten months after his mistrial, 29-year-old Jaquan Terrell Burks sat before a new set of jurors on March 9 to face charges in the murder of Emmanuel Cruz in 2018. Read more »

A murder defendant in a fatal stabbing case was scheduled for trial on March 7 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Read more »

A Baltimore resident facing attempted murder charges rejected a 30-year plea in prison on Feb. Read more »

“The agent is to confirm you have this at every visit.” Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Ronald A. Read more »

A grandmother of a non-fatal shooting victim recalled standing 20 feet away from her granddaughter’s front doorstep earlier this year, watching a 19-year-old defendant open fire on the house. Read more »

A non-fatal shooting defendant rejected a plea on Sept. Read more »

A Baltimore man charged with homicide rejected a plea offered by the prosecution on Sept. Read more »

Homicide defendant Richard Crowner has been set to stand trial in November after declining the prosecution’s plea offer on July 21 before Baltimore City Circuit Court  Judge Melissa Phinn.  Crowner, 20, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, possession of a firearm as a minor, carrying a handgun, and use of a firearm during a violent crime in connection with an incident that occurred on Feb 12.  On Thursday, the prosecutor offered Crowner a plea of life in prison for first-degree murder and 20 years, with the first five years without parole, for use of a firearm during a violent crime. Read more »

On June 30, Jerome Collier, a convicted murderer, was sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Read more »

A Baltimore man accused of fatally shooting a 43-year-old man was offered a plea of 40 years in prison on Dec. Read more »

The case of a 27-year-old homicide defendant, who allegedly stabbed a woman, was postponed on Oct. Read more »

Alleged murderer Devante Stewart was denied release during a bail review on Sept. Read more »

Alleged murderer Lamont Dudley was denied bail on Sept. Read more »