Judge Melissa Phinn Archives - Page 8 of 21

Murder Defendant Gets Trial Date for April 2023

Details A Baltimore man charged with first-degree murder had his trial date set before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn Oct. 25. The defendant Garrett Smith is charged with... Read More

Judge Continues Hearing a Day for Homicide Defendant Due to Absence of Counsel

Details A murder defendant had his hearing to schedule his trial date continued by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn for a day on Oct. 26 after his defense... Read More

Baltimore Woman Charged with Attempted Murder Gets March Trial Date

Details A Baltimore woman charged with attempted murder had her trial date set before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Oct. 25. During the hearing, the prosecutor offered... Read More

Murder Defendant Requests to Represent Himself Due to Two Year Wait for Trial

Details During reception court on Oct. 25 Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial date for a Baltimore resident charged with attempted first-degree murder. Defendant Michael Reed requested to... Read More

Prosecutor’s Unavailability Pushes Homicide Defendant’s Trial to May 2023

Details A homicide defendant had his trial date set for May 2023 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Oct. 21. Defendant Karl Wallace chose not to waive... Read More

Judge Pushes Back Trial for Non-Fatal Shooting Due to Sick Witness

Details The trial for a non-fatal shooting defendant was postponed on Oct. 19 due to the witness being sick on Oct. 19. The prosecutor informed the court that the witness was... Read More

Prosecution Enters Nolle Pros in Non-Fatal Shooting Case

Details A female non-fatal shooting defendant had her case nolle pros by the prosecution on Oct. 19 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. The 41-year-old defendant, according to the... Read More

Judge Reschedules Trial for 2020 Evergreen Street Murder

Details A 42-year-old Baltimore man was scheduled for trial on Monday, but his date was moved because he discharged his attorney. The prosecutor informed Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn that... Read More

Adnan Syed: 1 of Baltimore’s 4 Wrongfully Convicted Defendants Exonerated By DNA Evidence

Details Baltimore City has seen at least one exoneration each year since 2014, the latest wrongly convicted defendant being Adnan Syed whose murder charges from 1999 were officially dropped on Oct.... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Competency for Trial Could Be Overturned Based on Results of Independent Eval

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge granted defense counsel’s postponement request on Oct. 6, as he and his client await the results of an independent mental health evaluation. Major Kinchen,... Read More

Man Takes Plea For Firing Gun During Domestic Dispute

Details A 32-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment on Oct. 6 for firing a gun in the air during a domestic dispute. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn... Read More

Trial Date Set For Woman Accused of Aiding in Kidnapping, Setting Victim’s Body on Fire

Details After more than four years of postponements and delays, a Glen Burnie woman had her jury trial scheduled for April 2023 in connection to the kidnapping and killing of 29-year-old... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant’s Trial Set for Early December

By Dalen Berry [former] - October 5, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details A 46-year-old man had his trial scheduled before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Oct. 4. The defendant is charged with four counts each of first and... Read More

Trial Date Set for Teen Charged With Attempted Murder

Details A trial for a 17-year-old attempted murder defendant was scheduled before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Sept. 30. Prosecutors informed Judge Phinn that a request to... Read More

Defendant Facing 195 Charges to Have Case Federally Indicted

Details On Sept. 29, a prosecutor informed the court that a defendant alleged to be involved in gang activity will have his case federally indicted in the next few weeks rejected... Read More

Prosecution Requests Postponement to Review New Evidence in Shooting Case

By Andrew Michaels - October 3, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge agreed to postpone the jury trial of a non-fatal shooting defendant on Oct. 3 until December to allow the prosecution to review recently-obtained evidence.... Read More

2-Year-Old Murder Case Set For Trial

Details Homicide defendant Stephawn Tate will face a jury of his peers this May in connection to a fatal shooting nearly two years ago. Tate is charged with a man’s death... Read More

Man Charged with Shooting Girlfriend Has Trial Set for March

Details A 36-year-old attempted murder defendant had his trial date set before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn in reception court on Sept. 29. Roderick Johnson is charged with first and... Read More

Judge Holds Scheduling Trial Date for Murder Defendant to Clear Witnesses

Details The decision to set a trial date for a homicide defendant was held until Monday before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. On Sept. 30 prosecutors offered Anton Harris... Read More

Judge Sets Trial Date for Assault Co-Defendants for End of 2022

Details On Sept. 29, two co-defendants charged with assault, one of them charged with attempted murder, had their trial date set before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Daron Smith and... Read More

Baltimore Man Rejects Life Plea in Attempted Murder Case

Details A 29-year-old Baltimore man rejected a plea of life on Sept. 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. According to CBS News, Cox was arrested in March... Read More

Hearing to Schedule Homicide Defendant’s Trial Date Postponed

Details A murder defendant had his hearing to schedule the beginning of his trial postponed a day on Sept. 29 before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Anton Harris, 34, is... Read More

Trial Postponed for Double Murder Defendants

Details Two co-defendants had their trial for a double murder postponed on Sept. 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn due to one of the defendants needing to find... Read More

16-Year-Old Homicide Defendant’s Plea Offer Expected in 2 Weeks, Prosecutor Says

Details A Baltimore City assistant state’s attorney is expected to offer a plea to a 16-year-old homicide defendant within the next two weeks, the prosecutor informed Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn on Sept.... Read More