Judge Melissa Phinn Archives - Page 6 of 21

Judge Schedules Trial Date for 19-Year-Old Involved in Co-Defendant Homicide Matter

By Ashley Brown [former] - December 6, 2022
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Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn set a trial date for a 19-year-old man involved in a co-defendant murder matter during a Dec. 5 reception court proceeding. James Boisseau faces several charges,... Read More

Judge Continues Hearing for Mother Accused of Murdering Two Children

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn issued a continuance to a mother accused of murdering her two children during a Dec. 5 reception court proceeding. Jameria Hall is charged... Read More

Attempted Homicide Defendant’s Trial Pushed Two Months

Details The trial for attempted homicide defendant Devon Murray was postponed on Friday before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn, more than two months from his original trial date of Dec. 2.... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date For 15-Year-Old Charged As An Adult For Murder

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn set a trial date for a 15-year-old boy accused of committing murder during a Dec. 5 reception court proceeding. Damonyae Malone is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Murder Defendant Gets Trial Date in April 2023

Details A Baltimore man charged with murder had his trial date set before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Dec 2. Defendant Bryon Lewis, who is represented by James Sweeting... Read More

Murder Defendant Must Wait a Bit Longer for Retrial Date Due to Sick Judge

Details A murder defendant whose trial in November ended in a hung jury had his reception court hearing to scheduled a retrial date pushed on Dec 2. Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

Judge Postpones Hearing for Attempted Murder Defendant Who Rejected Plea Offer

Details During a Dec. 1 reception court proceeding, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn postponed a trial for a defendant accused of attempted murder who rejected a plea offer posed... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Attempted Murder Defendant

Details During a Dec. 1 reception court hearing, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn presided over counsels as they scheduled a trial date for a defendant accused of attempted murder.... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Defendant Accused of Non-Fatal Shooting

By Ashley Brown [former] - December 2, 2022
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Details During a Dec. 1 reception court proceeding, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn presided over parties as they scheduled a trial date for a defendant accused of perpetrating a... Read More

Defendant Accepts Guilty Plea for Assault of Fiance and Police Officer

Details During a Dec. 1 reception court proceeding, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn presided over parties as a defendant accused of assaulting his fiance and a police officer accepted a plea... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Gets Time Served

Details A 37-year-old man charged in connection to a non-fatal shooting accepted a plea offer of time served on Nov. 30. Baltimore resident Damon Ruffin agreed to the prosecution’s plea of... Read More

Murder Defendant Absent From Reception Court Hearing After Being Placed on Lockdown

Details During a Dec. 1 reception court proceeding, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn ordered parties to schedule a trial date for a murder defendant despite his absence from the... Read More

Defendant Accused of Attempted Murder Rejects Plea Offer

Details During a Dec. 1 reception court hearing, Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn presided over counsels as a defendant accused of attempted murder rejected a plea offer posed by the... Read More

Counsel Reassess Plea of Woman Charged in Son’s Murder

Details Counsel is currently reassessing the plea offer for a woman charged with her son’s death in July 2019. Shateka Lawson, 43, and her partner, 28-year-old Alicia Lawson, are accused of... Read More

Parties Unable to Agree on Date in Homicide Case, Trial Pushed Again

Details A Baltimore man charged with murder had his hearing continued before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Nov. 30. Defense counsel Creston Smith, representing Shae-von Edward, complained about the postponement of his... Read More

Attempted Murder Suspected Rejects Plea, Takes Summer Trial Date

Details A 44-year-old man from Baltimore’s Madison Park neighborhood rejected an attempted murder plea on Nov. 30 and will proceed with a jury trial this summer. Wardell Richardson, who was represented... Read More

Prosecution Awaits Further Eval Before Offering Plea to Mother Accused of Murdering Her Children

Details A prosecutor from the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office informed the court on Dec. 20 that they are awaiting further expert evaluation of a mother accused of killing her two... Read More

Baltimore Man Accepts Plea for Attempted Murder

Details A Baltimore man accepted a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Nov. 29. Brian Clark accepted a plea of 40 years, suspending all but 20 years with... Read More

Judge Continues Hearing in Double Homicide Case Due to Prosecution’s Unavailability

Details A murder trial for two Baltimore men was set to begin this week but was pushed back due to the prosecutor not being done with another case. The case against Raekwon... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Dates for Co-Defendants Charged with Attempted Murder

Details During a Nov. 28 Baltimore reception court proceeding, Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn set a trial date for two co-defendants implicated in an attempted murder. Alicia Ford, 35, and... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial Date for Defendant in Attempted Murder Case

Details A Baltimore man charged with the non-fatal shooting of a 40-year-old man had his trial date set before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Nov. 29. John Ray is charged... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Trial Rescheduled Near Anniversary of Fatal Shooting

Details A Baltimore man charged with the murder of 39-year-old Kennod Taylor in May will be tried before a jury of his peers in the new year following his case’s postponement... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Attempted Murder Defendant

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn scheduled a trial date for a man accused of attempted murdering during a Nov. 21 reception court proceeding. Larry Alexander Lee Jr., 29,... Read More

Judge May Prioritize Homicide Defendant’s Trial after Fourth Postponement

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge said she would consider prioritizing the trial of homicide defendant Shae-von Edward over a younger case following the former’s multiple postponements from COVID and... Read More