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Judge Schedules Trial Date for Double Homicide Defendant

Details On Oct. 11, a trial was scheduled for a 29-year-old double homicide defendant before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Deamonte Spencer is charged with two counts of... Read More

Defense Calls Evidence ‘Junk Science’ During Closing Arguments in 2018 Murder Trial

Details A murder trial for two co-defendants concluded on Sept. 30 when the assistant state prosecutor and defense attorneys presented passionate arguments to the jury, describing two drastically different accounts of... Read More

Lack of Jurors Slightly Delay 2018 Murder Trial

Details After a seven-month delay, homicide co-defendants Terrance Belton and Rawnes Gibbs will have to wait a little longer before they see a filled jury box for their impending criminal trial.... Read More

Sentence Modification Denied to Baltimore Man 4 Years After Murder Conviction

Details On Sept. 15, 24-year-old Orery Smith’s defense attorney Edward Kenny motioned for his client to have his prison sentence modified by at least 5 years. On Dec. 10, 2018, Smith... Read More

‘He Should Get More Time,’ Says Victim’s Family As Defendant Requests Sentence Modification

Details A 27-year-old convicted homicide defendant motioned to have his sentence modified by at least five years before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson on Sept. 15. Darron Brown Jr. was convicted of... Read More

Ill Defense Attorney Postpones Attempted Homicide Defendant’s Retrial

Details Less than a month since his retrial was last postponed, Lorenzo Kevin Terry learned that his trial would be again pushed to October because his defense attorney was sick. The... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty to 2020 Non-Fatal Shooting Following Stop the Violence Walk

By Baltimore Witness Staff - September 8, 2022
Court | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

Details A Baltimore man accepted a plea agreement on Sept. 8 in connection with a non-fatal shooting which occurred following a Stop the Violence walk in 2020 on the 3200 block... Read More

Trial Scheduled for 22-Year-Old Homicide Defendant

Details Counsel agreed on a trial date for a Baltimore man accused of homicide before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Aug. 29. Devon Young, 22, is charged with two... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Case Dismissed Due to Nature of His Charges

Details Charges were dismissed on Aug. 15 against homicide defendant Christian St. Rose during his bench trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson. Christian St. Rose, 28, and co-defendant... Read More

Manslaughter Defendant Gets Retrial in 2017 Waverly Tavern Shooting

Details The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office shared its intentions to retry the case of 33-year-old Bryan Hannah on Aug. 12 after the defendant was granted an appeal for his voluntary... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Motion to Modify Postponed

Details A six-year-old murder case was brought before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson on July 20 to discuss a motion to modify the sentence postponement requested by the prosecutor. ... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Sentence Corrected 13 Years Later

Details A Baltimore woman convicted of murder had her 40-year sentence corrected on July 20 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson. During Wednesday’s hearings, the prosecution filed a motion... Read More

27-Year-Old Man Who Confessed to Assault Leading to Infant’s Death Takes 20-Year Plea

Details A 27-year-old man accused of killing a 7-month-old baby girl days before Christmas in 2019 accepted a plea of 20 years from the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office on July... Read More

Judge Declares Mistrial in Former HBO Actress Murder Trial

Details After three days of an ongoing trial with counsel presenting evidence and witnesses giving emotional testimony, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson declared a mistrial in the murder trial... Read More

Client’s Arrest Based on ‘Tunnel Vision,’ Defense Counsel Says

By Braden Hamelin [former] - June 24, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details With an unusually large group of spectators, a murder defendant’s counsel used her opening statement to blame the police for “tunnel vision” that focused on her client. Lakeyria Doughty is... Read More

Defendant Gets Life for Fatal Shooting on Cordelia Avenue

Details A 28-year-old Baltimore man received a life sentence on June 1 following a probation after conviction hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson. Anthony Sellers was sentenced to... Read More

Man Accepts 15-Year Plea After Shooting His Wife in the Back

Details A 38-year-old Baltimore man charged for shooting his wife multiple times in the back accepted a plea on June 15, sentencing him to 15 years in prison. Bryant Foster was... Read More

All Charges Dismissed in Case of Man Accused of Fatally Shooting Girlfriend’s Ex

Details The case of a 21-year-old man charged with a fatal shooting nearly two years ago was dismissed on May 23 after the prosecution was unable to find its witness. Charles... Read More

34-Year-Old Man Involved in Vehicular Manslaughter Pleads Guilty

Details A 34-year-old Baltimore man accused of manslaughter pleaded guilty, accepting a plea of five years with five years probation on May 18 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson. ... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Accepts Plea Offer for Shooting his Friend

Details A 33-year-old man accepted a plea offer of 18 months with two years probation on March 7 for the attempted murder of his friend before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge... Read More

Involuntary Manslaughter Defendant Violates Probation

Details A 46-year-old Baltimore man charged with involuntary manslaughter was not in attendance for a court hearing for violating his probation before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson on Feb.... Read More

2 Trials Postponed to Fall

Details A homicide trial and an attempted homicide trial scheduled to begin on Feb. 18 were postponed to the fall during reception court in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Marvin Vaughn, who... Read More

Murder Defendant Withdraws Motion For New Counsel

Details A 29-year-old Baltimore man charged with first-degree murder withdrew his request for new counsel on Feb. 17 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson. Marquis Dixon is charged with... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Trial Scheduled for May 2022

Details A 45-year-old Baltimore resident accused of homicide rejected a plea offer given on Nov. 16 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Daya Jones is charged with first-degree murder,... Read More