Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Read more »

A 32-year-old man accused of attempted murder accepted the prosecution’s plea offer on June 22, the day the defendant was scheduled for a jury trial. Read more »

A 16-year-old homicide defendant rejected June 10 a plea offer for life before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Read more »

A 33-year-old man accused of attempted murder entered a plea on April 19 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yolanda A. Read more »

A 32-year-old Baltimore man accused of attempted murder last October faces a life sentence after rejecting a plea of 35 years on April 12 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Read more »

A 52-year-old Baltimore man involved in a non-fatal shooting accepted a plea offer of time served with three years supervised probation on April 8 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lynn Stewart Mays.  Antonio Chase is charged with possession of a firearm with a felony conviction, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, having a handgun on his person, having a handgun in a vehicle,  discharging firearms, and illegal possession of ammo in connection to an incident on June 5, 2021.  On Friday, Judge Mays listened as the defendant pleaded guilty to a non-fatal shooting, accepting the prosecutor’s plea offer of five years suspending all but time served with three years on supervised probation for illegal possession of a regulated firearm.  Chase was represented by defense attorney Singleton Matthews, a stand-in for Warren Brown.  Under the plea, the defendant must register as a gun offender.  Chase was previously convicted of possession of a firearm with a felony conviction and sentenced to five years on April 23, 2015; second-degree murder with a sentence of 28 years suspending all but 21 years with five years on supervised probation on May 24, 2010; use of a handgun while committing a crime with a sentence of 10 years on Aug. Read more »

After a two-month hiatus in early 2022, Baltimore City Circuit Court resumed jury trials on March 7, with 12 homicide and non-fatal shooting trials scheduled throughout the week. Read more »

Baltimore City Circuit Court's backlog of felony cases increased for the first time in six months following a two-month hiatus in jury trials that began at the end of 2021. Read more »

A Baltimore man accused of attempted murder has bail hearing skipped on March 4 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Phillip S. Read more »

The COVID-19 pandemic unexpectedly fast-tracked Baltimore City Circuit Court’s implementation of more video and audio technology. Read more »

A Baltimore man charged with a non-fatal shooting received a new trial date in July on March 1 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Read more »

The trial of a 39-year-old homicide defendant who murdered a volunteer firefighter had his trial rescheduled until November on Feb. Read more »

A Baltimore man accused of manslaughter rejected a plea offer for 10 years in prison on Jan. Read more »

Defense counsel for two men accused of fatally shooting 34-year-old Tony Hedgspeth in May will return to reception court in the new year. Read more »

The homicide case of a 35-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man in October was dismissed on Nov. Read more »