Judge Videtta A. Brown Archives - Page 2 of 3

16-Year-Old Defendant Pleads Guilty in 2022 Attempted Murder Case

Details On Nov. 29, a teenager appeared in a packed courtroom accused of attempted murder following an incident in September 2022. Key’Shawn Shaw, 16, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy... Read More

Duane Avenue Murder Defendant Gets May Trial Date

Details On Dec. 4, a 23-year-old murder defendant rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Darius Joyner is charged with two counts of first-degree murder,... Read More

Man Accused of Shooting at Family Gets Retrial Date

Details On Oct. 16, a Twenty-two-year-old attempted murder defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to receive a new trial date. Delmel Johnson is charged with attempted... Read More

Trial Date Set for Belair Road Homicide Defendant

Details On Oct. 12, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a homicide defendant’s trial. Keith Anderson is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a felony... Read More

Prosecution Dropped Charges for Attempted Murder Defendant

Details On Oct. 10, the assistant state’s attorney in an attempted murder case dropped all charges before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Judge Videtta A. Brown. Kevin Mack was charged with attempted... Read More

Prosecutor Offers Defendant Deal in Attempted Murder Case if She Testifies Against Her Codefendant

Details On Aug. 30, a prosecutor told a 29-year-old attempted murder defendant that he would only charge her with assault in a 2022 non-fatal shooting case if she agreed to testify... Read More

Judge Postpone Trial for Accused Busy Bee Grocery Store Homicide Defendant

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge postponed a murder trial on July 31 for a third time due to the prosecuting attorney being out on extended leave following the death... Read More

Judge Postpones Sentencing of Man Convicted of Fatally Stabbing Roommate in 2020

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown postponed the sentencing for a 31-year-old man who was found guilty in the fatal stabbing of his roommate on Jan. 23, 2020. ... Read More

Defendant in 2021 W. Saratoga Street Murder Case Receives Sentence

Details On June 13, defendant Donte A. Brown was sentenced for the murder of 32-year-old Tavon Hutton. On Jan. 31, Brown, 41, was found guilty of first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a... Read More

Falls Way Shooting Defendant Accepts Plea Following Recent Murder Conviction

Details On Feb. 14, a defendant convicted of murdering a Baltimore Police Department (BPD) lieutenant’s husband accepted a plea during his hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown. ... Read More

Victim’s Aunt Asks for the Strictest Sentence as She Describes Almost Stepping on Niece’s Flesh

Details “There is not one word I can say to the family at this moment to make things better,” said Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown on Oct. 18 as she... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for Homicide Co-Defendants for March 2023

Details Two homicide co-defendants rejected a plea of life on Sept. 27 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Bolondalay Banks, 39, and Al Brown, 35, are both charged... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects 30-Year Plea in Domestic Dispute Turned Shooting

Details On Sept. 21, a Baltimore man accused of attempted murder rejected a plea of 30 years before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Alvin Cunningham is charged with... Read More

Trial Resumes for Fourth Day in Murder of Woman Found in Daisy Field

Details The fourth day in the retrial for convicted murderer Marco Holmes was due to start at 9:00 a.m. on Sept. 13 but did not begin until 11 a.m. due to the tardiness... Read More

Woman Pleads Guilty to Fatally Stabbing Boyfriend 20 Times

Details A Baltimore woman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend during an Aug. 23 hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta Brown. Susan King, 57,... Read More

As Jury Convicts 1 Defendant, Trial Begins for Another in 2019 Double Homicide

Details On Aug. 16, Kiray Walker was found guilty of two counts of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit carjacking, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.... Read More

Facts of Case are ‘Damning’ for the Defendant, Prosecutor Says

Details Closing arguments came to an end in the trial of a homicide defendant charged with the conspiracy of murder and homicide of two victim before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge... Read More

Judge Denies Motion for 21-Year-Old Homicide Defendant during Trial

Details A motion for acquittal was denied Aug. 11 by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown during the ongoing trial of a Baltimore man accused of homicide on Aug... Read More

Defendant Engaged in “Crime Spree,” Prosecutor Says

Details A jury began hearing evidence this week on Aug. 8 detailing a series of armed robberies, carjackings, and two homicides in a case featuring three co-defendants who were arrested in... Read More

21-Year-Old Man Faces Trial for Double Homicide Committed with Two Co-defendants

Details The jury trial for Kiray Walker continued with police and detective testimonies detailing the series of robberies, carjackings, and double homicides in a case featuring his two co-defendants on Aug.... Read More

Teen Set To Stand Trial For Murder in February 2023

Details A teenager is set to stand trial in February 2023 for first-degree murder. Zachariah Allison, 17, is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm during a violent crime, possession... Read More

Convicted Murderer Attempts to Modify Sentence in 1995 Case

Details On June 19, before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Myshala Middleton, the defendant’s defense attorney Elizabeth Franzoso filed for a supplemental petition. The prosecutor conceded that counsel was ineffective for... Read More

Judge Not Satisfied with Attempted Homicide Defendant’s Plea offer

Details During the reading of a plea offer July 25, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown was not satisfied with the prosecution’s deal for a 19-year-old attempted homicide defendant. ... Read More

Attempted Homicide Defendant Not Present in Court After Being Held in Central Booking

Details A Baltimore man charged with attempted homicide was not present in court on July 25 for his hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown. Devin Lee, 32,... Read More