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Jury Trial Begins With New Suspect Added in Derby Manor Drive Homicide Case

Details On Sept. 11, a jury trial began for the joined cases of Freedom Brown and Devon Pailin before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yolanda A. Tanner. The assistant state’s attorney... Read More

Attorneys at Odds Over Opening Statements for Defendant Accused of Shooting at Five Baltimore Police Officers

Details Controversy was at the center of opening statements in the trial of 41-year-old defendant Jermaine Jeter on Sept. 6 as the prosecution repeatedly objected to defense counsel’s argument before the... Read More

‘This Was an Execution,’ Prosecutor Says in Closing Arguments for Royal Farms Murder Case

Details The brief yet dramatic trial of a Royal Farm security guard who killed a man inside the store on the 1800 block of Washington Boulevard concluded on Aug. 30 before... Read More

Royal Farms Security Guard ‘Wanted a Reason’ to Shoot Victim, Prosecutor Says

Details Marquise Powell, his girlfriend and his sister had recently left a Halloween party around 3:00 a.m. on Oct. 30, 2022, and stopped for some snacks and drinks at a Royal... Read More

Homicide Defendant Fires Attorney, Represents Himself As Jury Trial Begins

Details “This is unusual. Why do I say this is unusual? Because I’m the defendant.” Hours earlier, on Aug. 28, defendant George Pullet fired his defense attorney, James Sweeting III, in... Read More

Prosecutor Says Video Shows Defendant Followed Victims Before Fatal Robbery on Bloomingdale Road in July 2019

Details Brittany Foster and Julien Rosaly were brutally murdered on July 2, 2019, during an attempted robbery on Bloomingdale Road. Two young men were charged with the crime, but it is... Read More

Trial Begins for Virginia Woman Accused of Running Over Husband

Details On Aug. 23, defense attorney Tony Garcia and the prosecutor assigned to the case gave their opening statements before Baltimore City Court Judge Dana M. Middleton in the trial of... Read More

Opening Statements Underway in Non-Fatal Shooting Trial Regarding Neighbor Dispute Over Parking Cone

Details “This is not an attempted murder.” Defense attorney Angela Shelton acknowledged her client, Christopher Williams, at the trial table before a panel of jurors on Aug. 16 during her opening... Read More

City Cameras Capture Defendant Shooting Victim on E. Baltimore Street

Details Attempted murder defendant Nyeki Glover’s statements to a detective with the Baltimore Police Department were not voluntary, according to Glover’s defense counsel at the beginning of his retrial on Aug.... Read More

Defense Claims Mistaken Identity in 2022 Murder Trial Opening Statement

Details In his opening statement before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy on Aug. 14, defense attorney Roland Harris disputed whether surveillance footage showed his client walking to the... Read More

Defense Attorney Implies His Client’s Ex-Girlfriend Framed Him With Attempted Murder in Opening Statement

Details “This should bother you. This should bother everyone,” a Baltimore City defense attorney told a jury during his opening statement on Aug. 11 in reference to the charges brought on... Read More

Defense Argues Defendant Shot Victim’s Dog in Self-Defense

Details “If it was you, what would you do?” defense attorney Brandon Taylor asked a panel of jurors on Aug. 1 in the trial of Email Wells Jr. Taylor represents the defendant... Read More

Domestic Dispute Ends With Shots Fired in 2022 Laplata Avenue Shooting

Details Defense counsel in the trial of Joshua Lawrence planted two questions in the minds of the jury on July 28: “Did things really happen the way the victim and the... Read More

Opening Statements Start for Murder Defendants In W. North Avenue Homicide Case

Details On July 28, Defense attorneys argued that the defendants did not perform the actions of shooting at all while the prosecutor claimed that they did shoot the victim before Baltimore... Read More

2022 Morgan State Security Guard Murder Trial Begins

Details On July 24, defense attorney Brian McDaniel’s opening statement before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson suggested that victim Juliah Fruh was trying to rob the defendant, Chase Marco... Read More

‘His Own Words Buried Him,’ Prosecutor Says in Opening for 2017 Murder Trial of Pregnant Woman

Details On July 12, opening statements were given during a jury trial for defendant Michael Andre Robertson, who is accused of killing his then-pregnant girlfriend, 22-year-old Akia Eggelston. Robertson, 42, is believed to... Read More

‘Attempted Murder Of Who?’ Asks Prosecutor in Opening Statements in Edmondson Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting Trial

Details On July 6, before opening statements were held for a 27-year-old defendant charged with murder in 2022, the defendant rejected a plea deal to serve 15 years in prison after... Read More

Trial Begins for 20-Year-Old Man Accused of Boarman Avenue Mass Shooting in 2022

Details Chaos erupted along Boarman Avenue on May 10, 2022, when gunfire rained down upon a group of people. A year later, on June 27, a Baltimore City prosecutor argued that... Read More

Poor Police Investigation Behind Defendant’s 2017 E. Pratt Street Murder Charges, Defense Argues

Details Five and a half years after the murder of 31-year-old volunteer firefighter Jon Hickey, his accused killer, homicide defendant Daniel Greene, began his jury trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

Defense Counsel Refers to ‘39 Babies’ Gang as ‘Imaginary Group’ in Trial Opening Statements

Details “’39 Babies’ or this group, it’s all imagination,” stated a defense attorney on June 15, regarding defendant Donye Thompson and his codefendant facing charges related to the ’39 Babies gang before Baltimore... Read More

Brooklyn Neighborhood Shooter Shot Victim Over Money, Prosecutor Says

Details Defense counsel in the case of attempted homicide defendant Michael Simms alleged that the victim’s “vague identification” of his client was not enough to warrant a guilty conviction as the... Read More

Defense Attorneys Tell Jury to Prepare for Multiple Versions of the Truth in Retrial of Double Homicide Co-Defendants

Details Jurors should expect to hear multiple versions of the truth as witnesses take the stand in the retrial of homicide co-defendants Charles Baldwin and Mizell Taylor. This was the belief of defense attorneys Brandon... Read More

Counsel Argues Over Who Shot First in 2022 Eutaw Place Shooting

Details Who shot first? Counsel in the case of attempted homicide defendant Wardell Richardson argued over the answer to this question at the start of the 45-year-old man’s bench trial on... 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