Judge expected to dispense with Goodson motions Wednesday
The officer facing the most severe charges for his alleged role in the death of Freddie Gray will go to trial next week but not before pretrial motions addressing venue, juror issues and evidence are...
View ArticlePorter seeks injunction in appellate court to avoid testifying
Attorneys for Officer William Porter filed a motion for an injunction in the Court of Special Appeals on Thursday morning, less than 24 hours after a judge signed an order compelling Porter to testify...
View ArticleJury selection for Goodson to begin Monday despite witness issue
Jury selection for the officer facing the most serious charge for his alleged role in the death of Freddie Gray last April is scheduled to begin Monday, but an appellate order barring the testimony of...
View ArticleMd. appeals court blocks order compelling Porter’s testimony
An appellate court has stayed an order that would have compelled Officer William Porter to testify at a fellow officer’s trial next week while still facing manslaughter charges in June. The Court of...
View ArticleGoodson’s trial stayed pending outcome of Porter testimony dispute
The trial for the officer facing the most serious charge for his alleged role in the death of Freddie Gray was delayed indefinitely Monday morning by a state appellate court. The Maryland Court of...
View ArticleMd. appellate court to hear Porter injunction request in March
The Court of Special Appeals will hear arguments from Officer William Porter’s attorneys on March 4 to determine if Porter can be compelled to testify at a fellow officer’s trial while his retrial is...
View ArticleJudge denies motion to compel Porter’s testimony at other officers’ trials
Trials for three of the officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray will go on as scheduled beginning as soon as late February after a judge declined to compel at those trials Officer...
View ArticleGoodson says right to speedy trial violated; Porter files appellate brief
Attorneys for Officer William Porter, whose appeal of an order compelling his testimony at fellow officers’ trials has put those trials on hold, briefed their argument to the Court of Special Appeals...
View ArticleState urges appellate court to uphold order on Porter testimony
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General has encouraged an appellate court to uphold Baltimore City Circuit Judge Barry Williams’ order that Officer William Porter testify against other officers on...
View ArticleState seeks Md. high court review of Freddie Gray appeals issue
The state attorney general’s office has asked the Court of Appeals to take on the appeals pending for five of the six Freddie Gray cases and resolve the issue of the state’s immunity statute as it...
View ArticleImmunity question in Porter appeal could end up in Supreme Court
Maryland’s highest court faces a case of first impression next week when it will be asked to determine whether Officer William Porter can be compelled to testify against his fellow officers charged in...
View ArticleFreddie Gray defendants claim improper appeal by state
Three of the officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray claim the Maryland Office of the Attorney General had no right to appeal a trial court order declining to compel Officer...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals has questions for lawyers on both sides of Freddie Gray cases
ANNAPOLIS – The judges on Maryland’s highest court expressed skepticism Thursday that the rights of six officers charged in the Freddie Gray cases would be trampled if the court did not intercede and...
View ArticleCourt’s order for Porter to testify could have ‘monumental consequences’
In a precedent-setting decision, Maryland’s highest court ruled Tuesday that a criminal defendant can be compelled to testify against co-defendants so long as they are granted immunity. The Court of...
View ArticleWilliam Porter, Linda Tripp and a rarity in Md. criminal proceedings
The Court of Appeals set the stage for a rare kind of pretrial hearing in ruling Officer William Porter can be compelled to testify against his fellow officers with immunity despite his retrial...
View ArticleProsecutors test Court of Appeals ruling in Porter case
Without knowing the logic and limits of the Court of Appeals’ decision that Officer William Porter can be compelled to testify against his co-defendants in the Freddie Gray cases despite his pending...
View ArticleJudge drops charges, fellow officers take stand in Rice trial
A Baltimore judge dismissed a misdemeanor count against one of the officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray Monday after the state rested but the lead charge of manslaughter...
View ArticleWith charges dropped, Freddie Gray officers turn attention to civil cases
Though criminal proceedings against the six officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray have concluded, five of them will continue waging a legal battle – this time as plaintiffs. Lt....
View ArticleState urges appellate court to uphold order on Porter testimony
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General has encouraged an appellate court to uphold Baltimore City Circuit Judge Barry Williams’ order that Officer William Porter testify against other officers on...
View ArticleState seeks Md. high court review of Freddie Gray appeals issue
The state attorney general’s office has asked the Court of Appeals to take on the appeals pending for five of the six Freddie Gray cases and resolve the issue of the state’s immunity statute as it...
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