A 38-year-old homicide defendant facing a life sentence is scheduled to go to trial in the new year after he declined an agreement with the prosecution to stipulate video evidence in exchange for an October hearing. Read more »

Five gun-related cases were set for trial by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn in reception court on Aug. Read more »

Screams of joy filled the courtroom on July 13 as Lasheena Stewart’s family and friends celebrated her attempted murder case being dismissed by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John Howard.  Stewart had her case dismissed right after the lunch recess on the second day of her retrial for the attempted murder of a 13-year-old girl, with the judge citing reasons he wasn’t able to discuss with the jury and gallery.  The celebration led to several people being removed from the courtroom and almost being found in contempt of court for the disruption. Read more »

On July 12, a victim's statement, delivered during the late hours of an attempted murder trial, derailed the prosecution's case and led to a recess that ended court for the day before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Read more »

A 33-year-old Baltimore man was found not guilty on attempted murder charges after a week-long jury trial that concluded on May 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence R. Read more »

A 21-year-old man accused of two attempted murders and a homicide over 10 days last year will serve 45 years in prison after accepting plea offers on June 13. Read more »

A 29-year-old Owings Mills man convicted of attempted murder nearly a decade ago was given until the end of June to accept a plea or proceed to trial after the non-fatal shooting victim from the incident died in 2020 as a result from his injuries. Read more »

A 33-year-old Baltimore man took a plea offer May 16 of 35 years before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Daniels.  Raymond Roman is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm during a violent crime, having a handgun on his person, and possession of a firearm with a felony conviction in connection to an incident on April 27, 2021.  During court proceedings on Monday, Judge Daniels listened as the prosecutor presented a plea of life suspending all but 40 years with five years on supervised probation for first-degree murder and 20 years with the first five years without parole for use of a firearm during a violent crime, the charges are set to run concurrently.  Roman’s defense attorney John Cox argued that his client has no prior handgun conviction. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Read more »

Closing statements were made in the trial for a Baltimore man accused of first-degree murder before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Read more »

On April 8, a jury delivered a guilty verdict of all charges following a homicide trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John S. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Read more »

The ongoing trial of 30-year-old homicide defendant Donnell Johnson entered jury deliberations on March 30 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Read more »

Witnesses called in the trial of a 30-year-old homicide defendant struggled to remember details of the 2020 incident during a jury trial on March 29 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Read more »

The case for a defendant charged with a non-fatal shooting was dismissed on March 9 before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Barry G. Read more »