Judge Melissa K. Copeland Archives - Page 6 of 20

July Trial Date Set for Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant

By Sage Cho - March 26, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a July 1 trial date for a non-fatal shooting defendant on March 26. The trial is slated to last two days... Read More

Judge Hands McHenry Street Homicide Defendant July Trial Date

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a weeklong jury trial for a 34-year-old Shipley Hill homicide defendant on March 25. Dominic Felder is charged with first-degree murder,... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Receives May Trial Date

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a three-day jury trial for attempted murder defendant Reginald Raysor, 32, on March 25. The trial is slated to begin May... Read More

Jury Trial Scheduled for Attempted Murder Defendant

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a June 24 jury trial for 57-year-old attempted murder defendant Cephus D. Lawrence on March 24. The trial is set to... Read More

Defendant Maintains Right to a Speedy Trial

By Caroline Sutley [former] - March 24, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

Details On March 24, 48-year-old Jermaine Jones exercised his right to a speedy trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge LaZette Ringgold-Kirksey after the state requested a postponement. Jones is charged... Read More

Judge Postpones Trial for Man Accused of Killing 12-Year-Old Girl

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed 28-year-old murder defendant Omar Passmore’s jury trial on March 24. Judge Copeland rescheduled Passmore’s jury trial for June 24. He will... Read More

Woodbrook Avenue Shooting Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

By Sage Cho - March 17, 2025
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details Attempted murder defendant Jerome “Jerone” Davis rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on March 17. Davis is charged with attempted first- and second-degree... Read More

Jury Trial Set for Duo Accused in Madison Avenue Murder Case

Details Defendants Kalim Satterfield, 26, and Darrell Morton, 37, will face a jury trial together on July 28 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. The duo is accused... Read More

Checkers’ Murder Defendant Appears in Reception Court

Details Deluntae Boyd, 34, appeared in a reception court hearing on March 14 accused of murdering Robert Horstman following an incident at a Checkers’ restaurant. Boyd is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Double Homicide Defendant’s Trial Postponed Because Prosecutor’s Ill

Details Homicide defendant, Lamonte Sherman, 29, was scheduled for a jury trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Michael A. DiPietro on March 12 when it was postponed and sent to... Read More

Judge Sets Pretrial Date for Woman Accused of Hitting 2 Pedestrians

By Kerryn Ayers [former] - March 10, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Traffic |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland granted the prosecution’s request to set a pre-trial conference date for vehicular manslaughter defendant Antoinette Harris after defense attorney Karyn Mariwether informed... Read More

Jury Trial Set for Alleged South Paca Street Killer

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a June 30 jury trial for homicide defendant Damion Thomas, 44. Thomas is accused of killing Brian Nesbitt, 37, on Aug.... Read More

Defense Requests Postponement to Review New Evidence

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland agreed to postpone a jury trial for attempted homicide defendant Corey Coleman after defense counsel requested further time to review new evidence... Read More

Judge Reschedules Hearing for Attempted Robbery Turned Murder

Details On March 7, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled an April hearing date for Keith Morris, 32. In relation to the shooting that happened on Sept.... Read More

Court to Reschedule Trial for Alleged McHenry Street Murderer

Details On March 7 Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland ordered counsel to return March 25 to schedule a jury trial for Dominic Felder, 34. Felder is charged with... Read More

Defendant Slated for Trial in 5-Year Old Child’s Murder Case

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a July 28 jury trial for 23-year-old Shaun Bullock Jr. on March 7. Bullock and his defense attorney, Andre Mahasa, are... Read More

Trial Postponed for Codefendants With Alleged Drug and Gang Ties

By Sage Cho - March 4, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland postponed the trial of homicide codefendants Gregory Whitfield, 19, and Bishop Chance, 18, as the two await the approval of a motion... Read More

Judge Reschedules Cinder Block Homicide Trial After Attorney Delay

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland rescheduled homicide defendant Dayrel McFarland’s trial for March 24 after an unexpected change in his defense counsel and scheduling conflicts with one... Read More

Trial Set for Attempted Murder and Drug Possession Charges

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a three-day jury trial for Kwame Brown, who stands accused of attempted murder and drug charges in connection to two separate... Read More

Defendant Rejects Plea Offer for Five-Year-Old’s Homicide

By Caroline Sutley [former] - March 3, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details During a plea hearing on March 3, Shaun Bullock, Jr. rejected a plea offer for the first-degree murder of five-year-old Nivea Anderson. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory... Read More

Double-Homicide Defendant Trial Set for June

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a weeklong jury trial for double-homicide defendant Dandre Woods-Bethel, 28, on March 3. Woods-Bethel is charged with two counts of first-degree... Read More

Jury Trial Postponed in Blunt Force Trauma Homicide

Details Baltimore City Circus Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a May 30 motion hearing for 36-year-old homicide defendant Bryan Cherry after the prosecutor requested medical leave for an upcoming surgery.... Read More

Suspect in Self-Shooting Scheduled For Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a May 19 jury trial for defendant James Richardson, 54, on Feb. 28. Richardson is charged with possession of a firearm... Read More

Suspected Killer of High School Student May be Forced to Represent Himself

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland informed 25-year-old homicide defendant Roger Alvarado-Mendoza that he would have to represent himself at his July 17 jury trial if his defense... Read More