Judge Melissa K. Copeland Archives - Page 18 of 19

Man Accused of Killing Pregnant Woman Receives May Trial Date

Details On Jan. 9, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled the trial of a Baltimore man accused of killing a pregnant woman in 2022. Malik McCormick is charged... Read More

Judge Schedules West Forest Park Murder Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled the trial of a 27-year-old murder defendant accused of a 2023 West Forest Park shooting on Jan. 8. Kedric Green is... Read More

March Motions Hearing to Determine Length of Brooklyn Homes Shooting Trial

Details On Jan. 5, two 18-year-old defendants charged in the July 2023 mass shooting at Brooklyn Homes appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland to schedule a motions... Read More

Northshire Drive Murder Defendant Faces March Retrial

Details On Jan. 3, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled the retrial of a 22-year-old murder defendant. Draquan Smith is charged with two counts each of first-degree murder... Read More

Braddish Avenue Attempted Murder Defendant Receives March Trial Date

Details On Jan. 3, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled an attempted murder trial for a 32-year-old defendant. Obadiah Malone is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder,... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Awaits Evaluation Results, Trial Date

Details On Jan. 3, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a trial date for a 32-year-old attempted murder defendant. Antionne Johnson is charged with attempted first- and second-degree... Read More

Defense Counsel For North Ellwood Avenue Shooter Pursues Plea

Details As negotiations of a possible plea offer remain underway, defense counsel for attempted homicide defendant Kenneth Oakley was granted a two-week continuance on Jan. 2 to assess a not criminally... Read More

37-Year-Old Defendant’s Murder Trial Set, Despite Defense Counsel’s Unavailability

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge tentatively scheduled a March trial date for homicide defendant Tayvon Miller on Jan. 2, despite defense counsel’s unavailability until May. Defense attorney James Sweeting... Read More

Trial of East Lombard Street Homicide Reset

Details On Dec. 6, the trial of 40-year-old second-degree homicide defendant Keith Mario Luckey was rescheduled by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Luckey is charged with second-degree murder,... Read More

Trial Date Set for Defendant Charged in 2022 Attempted Murder Case

Details On Nov. 17, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled the trial date for a defendant charged with attempted murder. Ahmad Moulden, 36, is charged with attempted first-degree... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Harford County Man Accused of Fatal Stabbing

Details On Nov. 16, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a 34-year-old Abingdon man’s murder trial. Gordon Zacharie Staron is charged with first-degree murder and possession of a... Read More

Judge Grants Motions Hearing for Teenage Double-Homicide Defendant

Details On Nov. 15, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland heard defense attorney Howard Cardin request a motions hearing to join three cases facing 18-year-old Jabre Griffith. The defendant... Read More

Judge Reschedules Attempted Murder Defendant’s Trial

Details On Nov. 14, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland pushed a 26-year-old attempted murder defendant’s trial back by five months. Dionte Johnson is charged with attempted first- and... Read More

Last Codefendant in 2020 Fatal Crash Pleads Guilty

Details On Nov. 14, a 35-year-old vehicular manslaughter defendant accepted a guilty plea before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Russell Anthony Edwards, Jr., is charged with a traffic... Read More

Hollins Street Murder Defendant Receives Trial Date

Details On Nov. 14, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled the trial of a 39-year-old murder defendant. Steven Gibson is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a... Read More

22-Year-Old Homicide Defendant Believes He Could Represent Himself in Trial

Details Homicide defendant Stephawn Tate appeared in reception court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Sept. 12 for the purpose of scheduling his trial. The hearing was... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea

Details On Oct. 5, an attempted murder defendant rejected a plea deal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Kilo Byrd is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder,... Read More

Convicted S. Broadway Homicide Defendant Fails to Appear for Sentencing

Details On Aug. 10, a 26-year-old defendant charged with murder in 2018 decided to go outside to the prison yard instead of attending his sentencing held on Zoom before Baltimore Circuit... Read More

Judge Sets E. Lombard Street Murder Defendant’s Trial Date

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge scheduled a defendant’s homicide trial on Aug. 7 in reception court. Keith Mario Luckey and his defense attorney, Lawrence Rosenberg, appeared before Judge Melissa M. Phinn to schedule... Read More

Defendants Set to Return to Reception Court after Counsel’s Inability to Agree on Trial Date

Details On June 28, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge postponed two co-defendants’ attempted murder case to reception court next week after counsel was unable to agree on a trial date.... Read More

Murder Defendant’s Hearing Continued Due to Assistant State’s Attorney’s Oversight

Details On June 30, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland continued a reception court hearing to July 5 because the assistant state’s attorney was unaware of the scheduled hearing.... Read More

Judge Postpones Hearing for Medford Road Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant

Details On June 29, a Baltimore City defendant charged with attempted murder rejected a plea offer in light of new video evidence and witnesses to support his alibi. Derrien Gamble and defense... Read More

Man Receives October Trial Date for N. Rose Street Shooting

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge set an October trial date for an attempted homicide defendant facing charges in connection to a shooting on N. Rose Street last year. Prince... Read More

19-Year-Old Defendant’s Trial Rescheduled Due to Ill Attorney

Details On June 26, a defendant was sent from trial to reception court and a new trial date was set. Kendrick Kendell Barksdale and his attorney, Andrea Jaskulsky, appeared to begin... Read More