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Accused Strip Club Shooter Faces New Jury after Mistrial Last Year

Details 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

Defendant’s Former Employer ‘Refused to ID’ Accused Shooter Due to Their Close Relationship

Details The victim of an attempted murder “refused to identify” defendant Devon Murray, 31, as the shooter due to their close relationship, a Baltimore City prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments on... Read More

Kim’s Deli Shooter Found Guilty of Owner’s Murder

Details When the defendant burst into and robbed Kim’s Deli three days before Christmas in 2019, owner Carmen Rodriguez, alongside her children, handed over cash from the register and put her... Read More

Falls Way Shooting Defendant Accepts Plea Following Recent Murder Conviction

Details On Feb. 14, a defendant convicted of murdering a Baltimore Police Department (BPD) lieutenant’s husband accepted a plea during his hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown. ... Read More

Trial Begins For Man Accused of Shooting Young Mother in Front of Her Children

Details Three days before Christmas in 2019, Carmen Rodriguez was working the cash register at her family’s store, Kim’s Deli, in Patterson Park. Moments later, a suspect walked inside and demanded... Read More

‘He Told You He Did It,’ Prosecutor Says in Walker Avenue Homicide Trial

Details Defense counsel has four defenses, or excuses, a Baltimore City prosecutor told jurors on Feb. 6 during closing arguments in the trial of homicide defendant Sahiou Kargbo. The 19-year-old defendant’s... Read More

Trio Sentenced in 2020 Fatal Bus Stop Shooting

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge handed down three respective sentences on Feb. 2 for the remaining co-defendants who were found guilty of the murders of Kendrick Brown and William... Read More

Defense Argues Prosecution is ‘Overcharging’ Defendant in 2022 Homicide Case

Details “Sahiou Kargbo shot and killed James Blue. We’re not here to say he did not. There it is.” Defense attorney Todd Oppenheim bluntly told the jury that his client was responsible... Read More

Retrial Scheduled for Defendant Accused of Murdering 17-Year-Old

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Schiffer declared a mistrial on Jan. 23 in the case of a 2018 homicide. In January, defendant Eric Jackson’s trial resulted in a mistrial... Read More

Second Defendant Found Not Guilty For Murder of 17-Year-Old in 2018

Details Homicide defendant Eric Jackson was found not guilty of the murder of 17-year-old Ray Glasgow, who was gunned down in a car nearly five years ago. After three days of... Read More

Trial Begins for 29-Year-Old Man in Deadly Case of Mistaken Identity

Details The death of 17-year-old Ray Glasgow was “a case of mistaken identity,” a prosecutor declared before a jury on Jan. 13 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. After a day of jury selection,... Read More

Trial Begins for Man Accused of Shooting Girlfriend’s Boyfriend

Details “Some people cheat. Some people get caught. Some people get punished.” This was the prosecutor’s summation of the case against homicide defendant Harry Cokley who began a jury trial on Jan. 4... Read More

Defendant Given Five Year Sentence for 2021 Assault

Details On Jan. 3, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer sentenced a Baltimore man to five years in prison for assault. On May 19, 2022, Reginald McGowan pleaded guilty... Read More

Fenwick Avenue Homicide Trial Rescheduled for June

Details A Baltimore man accused of fatally shooting 33-year-old Earnest Jackson last summer will have his jury trial on June 12 after counsel informed the court they were not prepared to... Read More

Judge Sentences Man Convicted of Rape and Murder of Elderly Woman to Life in Prison

Details A Baltimore man was sentenced to life in prison for rape and murder before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer on Jan. 3. “Everything in this case is... Read More

Defendant Receives Trial Date for 2021 Murder

Details Panel attorney Andrea Jaskulsky rejected a life plea for murder on behalf of her client on Dec. 12 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Defendant Gregory Young, 45, is... Read More

Homicide Defendants Charged with August Murder Have Their Trials Scheduled for Spring 2023

Details Two Baltimore residents charged with murder rejected pleas of life on Dec. 9 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Raekwon Griffin and Montay Shuler and their defense attorneys Kenneth Man and James Johnston, respectively,... Read More

Two 17-Year-Olds Accused of 2021 Fatal Shooting Begin Trial

Details Video surveillance footage of a 2021 homicide is the most predominant piece of evidence behind the prosecution’s case, an assistant state’s attorney told a 12-person jury on Dec. 8. It... Read More

Hamilton Hills Man Set for 2023 Murder Trial

Details A Baltimore man from Hamilton Hills will be tried for the murder of 22-year-old Joshua Whittington this May following a hearing in Baltimore City Circuit Court on Dec. 6 On... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Rejects Plea Offer and Claims Mistreatment in Baltimore Prison

By Ashley Brown [former] - December 6, 2022
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Details During a Dec. 5 reception court proceeding, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn presided over counsels as a 46-year-old defendant accused of perpetrating a non-fatal shooting rejected a plea... Read More

Judge Delays Trial Date for Man Accused of Fatally Shooting Pregnant Woman and 3-Year-Old Daughter

Details During a Dec. 5 reception court hearing, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn delayed a trial date for a 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a pregnant woman and... Read More

Two Men Acquitted of 2020 Attempted Murder

Details A jury found two co-defendants not guilty of attempted murder in connection to a shooting more than two years ago. Jamal Simmons and Christopher Winchester were found not guilty on... Read More

Homicide Co-Defendant’s Trial Postponed Until May 2023

By Alyssia Davis [former] - November 15, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details After refusing to sever two co-defendants cases on Nov. 15 Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong sent the case of two homicide co-defendants to be heard before Judge... Read More

Trial Ends in Mistrial for Baltimore Man Charged with Murder

Details On Nov. 14, a jury found themselves deadlocked in the case of a Baltimore man charged with a 2018 murder. Defense attorney Amy Stone started closing arguments on Nov. 10 with highlights... Read More