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By
Andrew Michaels
, Racquel Bazos [former] - October 6, 2023
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Homicide defendant Stephawn Tate and his defense counsel will return to reception court next month with plans to schedule a motions hearing for the three-year-old case.
The 22-year-old defendant is currently facing murder and weapons charges in connection to the death of Rodney Grinage on Nov. 13, 2020, on the 1600 block of W. North Avenue. Charging documents state Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers found Grinage laying face down with a gunshot wound to his head.
An officer later identified Tate as the suspect after recognizing him from a police flyer.
On Oct. 6, defense attorneys Todd Oppenheim and Brenjamin Charlton re-entered the case before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn, following Tate’s attempt over the summer to find new counsel. The parties agreed to return to reception court on Nov. 30 to schedule a motions hearing, but did not discuss the nature of the motions.
Tate’s five-day trial is currently scheduled for Feb. 27, 2024, before Judge Dana M. Middleton. He is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, firearm possession with a felony conviction, possession of a firearm as a minor and having a handgun on his person.