Judge Melissa M. Phinn Archives - Page 18 of 44

Judge Moves Forward with Setting Trial Start Date in Attempted Murder Case

Details “He’s not going to take that,” said a Baltimore City Circuit judge to all counsels during a reception court hearing for a man accused of attempted murder on March 1... Read More

Prosecutor Offers No Plea to Murder Defendant Citing Pending Competency Evaluation

By Neoline James [former] , Ashleigh Joplin [former] - March 2, 2023
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Details On Feb. 27, the assistant state’s attorney assigned to a March 2022 murder case did not have a plea offer to the defendant due to a motion filed by the... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for 63-Year-Old Charged in 2022 Kloman Street Murder Case

Details On March 1, a defendant charged with the murder of his 53-year-old girlfriend received a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. During Wednesday’s proceeding, the prosecution offered Bruce... Read More

Judge Pushes Parties to Propose More Immediate Start Date for Murder Defendant Awaiting Trial

Details “I’m not going five months past his Hick’s,” said a Baltimore City Circuit Judge to all counsels during a reception court hearing for a man accused of murder on March... Read More

Judge Assigns Trial Date to Defendant in Washington Boulevard Non-Fatal Shooting Case

Details An attempted murder defendant rejected a plea offered by prosecutors before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on March 1. Eric Davis was offered a sentence of life, suspending all but... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for Defendant Charged with Accessory in 2022 Murder

Details On Feb. 28, a Baltimore man charged as an accessory to murder received a new trial date during his reception court hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. During... Read More

Trial Date Set for 23-Year-Old Attempted Murder Defendant

Details A Baltimore man charged in a September 2022 non-fatal shooting had the start of his trial postponed as requested by his defense attorney on Feb. 28. Defense attorney Roland Harris... Read More

Defendant’s Trial Postponed in 2022 Homicide Case Due to Attorney’s Health

Details On Feb. 28, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn rescheduled the trial of a Baltimore man charged with the murder of 31-year-old James Moore. During Tuesday’s hearing, defendant Ronnie... Read More

Judge Sets Tentative Trial Date for Defendant in Washington Boulevard Homicide Case

Details On Feb. 28, a Baltimore man accused of murder received a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. During Tuesday’s hearing, the assistant state’s attorney requested a trial... Read More

Judge Grants New Trial Date for Defendant in Park Heights Avenue Attempted Murder Case

Details On Feb 28, a Baltimore man charged with attempted murder received a new trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Defendant Michael McDowell was initially scheduled to appear for... Read More

Judge Sets Retrial Date for Two 17-Year-Old Murder Defendants

Details Two defendants charged with the fatal shooting 38-year-old Clark Hohrein in 2022, rejected a plea offered by the assistant state’s attorney on Feb. 27. Defendants Darell Parker and William Holloman... Read More

Judge Sets August Trial Date for Attempted Murder Defendant

Details An attempted murder defendant rejected a 30-year plea offered by prosecutors on Feb. 22 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. James Sutton and his defense counsel Andre Mahasa, a... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects 30-Year Plea in Glenwood Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting Case

Details A Baltimore resident facing attempted murder charges rejected a 30-year plea in prison on Feb. 24 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Isaac Baylis and his defense counsel Isabel... Read More

Judge Schedules Division Street Attempted Murder Trial for June

Details On Feb. 24, an attempted murder defendant rejected a plea of 25 years in prison before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Nathaniel Hope and his defense counsel... Read More

Trial Scheduling Hearing Continued Yet Again for Murder Defendant, Counsels Unable to Agree on Date

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn continued a defendant’s hearing on Feb. 23 after holding it a day, to give the counsel more time to agree on a... Read More

Co-Defendants Reject 50-Year Plea in 2021 Derby Manor Drive Homicide Case

Details On Feb. 23, two Baltimore residents facing homicide charges rejected a plea of 50 years in prison before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Devon Pailin and Lundyne Oldes, his stand-in... Read More

Homicide Defendant Rejects 50-Year Plea Offer, Trial Set for May

Details A Baltimore resident facing homicide charges rejected a plea offered the assistant state’s attorney on Feb. 23 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Lundyne Oldes and her... Read More

Trial Postponed for Defendant in 2021 Laurens Street Homicide Case

Details A Baltimore man charged in the December 2021 fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man had his trial postponed on Feb. 23 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. The... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Defendant in O’Donnell Street Attempted Murder Case

Details A defendant in a 2022 non-fatal shooting case rejected a plea before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Feb. 23. At Thursday’s hearing, the prosecution proposed a... Read More

Circuit Court Judge Continues Attempted Murder Defendant’s Scheduling Hearing

Details An Edgewood resident facing two attempted murder cases had his trial postponed on Feb. 23 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. The assistant state’s attorney and defense... Read More

Circuit Court Judge Continues Attempted Murder Defendant’s Hearing

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn continued a Baltimore man accused of attempted murder’s reception court hearing on Feb. 22. Rico Blick, 28, is charged with first and second-degree attempted... Read More

Circuit Court Judge Schedules Attempted Murder Defendant Trial for July 2023

Details On Feb. 22, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled an attempted murder defendant’s trial for July. Daquan Allen, 24, is charged with two counts each of first... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects 25-Year Plea Offer

Details An attempted murder defendant rejected a plea offered by the prosecution on Feb. 22 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Samal Chavis and his defense counsel Todd Oppenheim, a... Read More

Judge Issues Trial Date to 18-Year-Old Homicide Defendant

Details On Feb. 22, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn placed the defendant, Zachariah Allison trial on the need coverage docket for the fall. Allison, 18, is charged with... Read More