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Defense Worries Witnesses Won’t Testify in Madison Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting Trial

Details After an hour delay due to attorney tardiness, an unresolved pre-trial motion and a dispute over the admissibility of a 911 call, the assistant state’s attorney finally delivered her opening... Read More

Defense Attorney Claims State Report Finding Client Competent ‘Unsatisfactory’

Details On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 27-year-old homicide defendant competent to stand trial despite his defense attorney’s numerous issues with the competency report. ... Read More

Attempted Murder Co-defendants Reject Plea Offers, Get April Trial Date

Details Two Baltimore City Circuit Court attempted murder co-defendants rejected identical plea offers before Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Jan. 9. Trey Allen, 33, is charged with attempted first- and second-degree... Read More

Judge Schedules West Forest Park Murder Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled the trial of a 27-year-old murder defendant accused of a 2023 West Forest Park shooting on Jan. 8. Kedric Green is... Read More

New Counsel Asks to Postpone Mental Health Court Hearing

Details On Nov. 29, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin postponed a mental health hearing for 40-year-old Kenneth Oakley. Oakley is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first-... Read More

Plea Offer Awaits Pending Investigation

Details Attempted murder defendant Deon Hudson has not been offered a plea because prosecutors say the investigation against him is ongoing. On Nov. 7, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles J... Read More

Accused North Ellwood Avenue Shooter Wants New Lawyer, Rejects Plea Offer

Details On Oct. 23, a 40-year-old attempted murder defendant’s reception court hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn was continued due a change in counsel. Kenneth Oakley is... Read More

Non-Fatal 2022 Dolphin Street Shooting Defendant Accepts Plea

Details In Baltimore City Circuit Court, Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer sentenced a non-fatal shooting defendant after he accepted a plea offered by the prosecution on Oct. 17. Ardie Jenkins, 43, was... Read More

Attorneys Debate Reliability of Cell Phone, DNA Evidence in 2021 Murder Trial

Details In an emotional plea, the prosecutor of a Baltimore man accused of his close friend’s murder told the court the suspect and his co-defendant planned the murder and that the... Read More

Opening Statements Delivered for Co-defendant Accused of Friend’s 2021 Murder

Details Matthew Connell, the defense attorney who represented murder co-defendant Travon Shaw at trial on Oct. 3, emphasized to the jury that there was a lack of witnesses to the crime... Read More

Cop Murder Trial Moves Forward Despite Prosecutor’s Request

Details On Sept. 29, tensions were high during the reception court hearing for a defendant charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shootings of Baltimore Police Department Officer Keona Holley... Read More

‘I’m Lucky to Be Alive,’ Says Victim at Brother’s Plea Hearing for 2022 Shooting Above Animal Hospital

By Racquel Bazos [former] - August 30, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

Details Exactly one year after the 2022 incident, a 63-year-old defendant accepted a guilty plea and was sentenced in the shooting of his brother above Light Street Animal Hospital before Baltimore... Read More

Defendant in 2022 Dolphin Street Non-Fatal Shooting Case Rejects Plea Offer

Details On Aug. 26 Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial for defendant Ardie Jenkins in connection to a firearm discharging incident in 2022. The prosecutor standing... Read More

Judge Postponed 2022 Ellwood Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting Trial to October

Details On Aug. 4, due to evidence material not being reviewed in a timely manner, a 35-year-old defendant charged with attempted murder in 2022 was scheduled to start trial in October. ... Read More

Judge Sets November Trial for 2022 E. Madison Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant

Details On Aug. 4, a case for a 35-year-old charged with attempted murder was postponed due to the defense counsel needing more time to prepare after his pretrial motion was denied... Read More

Judge Sentences Baltimore Man Convicted of Murdering His Girlfriend in 2021

Details On June 30, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby sentenced a murder defendant to 75 consecutive years in prison for killing his 33-year-old girlfriend, Breonna Rogers. Defendant Major... Read More

Victim Showed ‘Classic Bully Behavior’ Prior to Provoking Defendant Into Fatal Fight at Royal Farms

Details The fight between homicide defendant Jason Alcindor and victim Timothy Campbell was “a fight or flight” scenario, defense attorney Matthew Connell said before a jury during his closing argument on May 31. The 44-year-old victim provoked... Read More

‘This is a Murder Caught on Video,’ Says Prosecutor in Opening Statements in Washington Boulevard Shooting Trial

Details “Twenty-six sharp force injuries, both stabs, and cuts. Ninety seconds long of an attack,” a prosecutor said during opening arguments on May 30 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J.... Read More

Man Found Guilty of Girlfriend’s Murder, Hiding Her Body in Druid Hill Park

Details There are two types of evidence: factual and circumstantial. And in the case of defendant Major Kinchen, a Baltimore City prosecutor said before a jury, it is the circumstantial evidence... Read More

Attorney Says No Evidence Links Defendant to the Murder of His Girlfriend

Details “Love and violence cannot walk hand in hand.” The prosecution addressed a jury on the first day of trial for a man accused of murdering 30-year-old Breonna Rogers before Baltimore... Read More

Judge Allows Prosecution to Use Medical Examiner’s Testimony from Previous Trial in Homicide Defendant’s Retrial

Details A Baltimore City prosecutor argued to use a medical examiner’s previous testimony for the retrial of homicide defendant Jason Alcindor on April 5 after a judge recently denied the assistant... Read More

Man Accused of Eastbury Avenue Shooting Rejects 45-Year Plea

Details Attempted homicide defendant Marquise Williams rejected a 45-year plea offer on Feb. 17 in connection to a shooting on Eastbury Avenue last August. Williams, 25, is accused of shooting a... Read More

Jury Returns Not Guilty Verdict in Attempted Murder Case, Defense Argues Lack of Evidence

Details Defense counsel in the trial of attempted homicide defendant Courtney Sykes compared the length of the prosecution’s case to that of this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, telling the jurors on Feb.... Read More

Victim Reported Shooting Weeks After Incident, Defense Says in Cliftview Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting Case

Details A Baltimore City prosecutor argued that the victim specifically identified 30-year-old Courtney Sykes as the woman who attempted to shoot her in May 2022. Sykes is currently facing multiple attempted murder, assault,... Read More