On June 8, a 38-year-old defendant charged with murder in 2019 was granted four hours of personal time per week with a requirement to inform the court ahead of time.  Defense lawyer Staci Pipkin told Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn placed a homicide defendant’s case on the "needed coverage" docket on June 2, after she scheduled the defendant to begin trial at the end of the year. Read more »

On May 22, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn scheduled a trial for a defendant charged in a 2021 murder case.  Defendant Taiwan Mitchell, who is represented by Staci Pipkin, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and two counts of possessing a gas or air pellet gun in connection to the murder of Roy Henry Cantler III on Nov. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn continued a homicide defendant’s hearing until next Monday to allow counsel to pick a trial date after the defendant rejected a plea of life in prison on May 17.  Taiwan Mitchell, and his defense counsel Staci Pipkin, rejected a plea of life, suspending all but 50 years for first-degree murder. Read more »

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On May 1, a Baltimore man accused of murdering 36-year-old Roy Henry Cantler had his reception court hearing continued before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Read more »

“The state wants you to make leaps, jumps, and bounds.” Defense attorney Staci Pipkin told a jury during closing arguments for a defendant charged with the murder of 31-year-old Jordan Taylor before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Schiffer on April 17.  On April 18, a jury found defendant Khalil Madden not guilty of one count each of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, attempted armed robbery, first-degree burglary, having a loaded handgun on his person, and two counts of use of a firearm in a felony violent crime. Read more »

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 Baltimore, killing Taylor. Read more »

One of the co-defendants accused in a deadly home invasion in 2019 has pleaded guilty to murder, among other charges. Read more »

The case against 42-year-old Dominic Boyd was dismissed on Jan. Read more »

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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge accepted counsels’ plea agreement for an attempted murder defendant on Dec. Read more »

A Baltimore man convicted of second-degree murder was sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison on Nov. Read more »

During a Nov. Read more »