Thursday, October 30, 2008

Five Years (or less) for Murder of Christopher Clarke.

The killers of Christopher Clarke, Brandon Green and Jerome Whitaker, pleaded guilty yesterday to charges related to his murder. Green will get five years, Whitaker will get "up to" five years.
UPDATE/CORRECTION: The SAO says that the Sun's report is incorrect: Under terms of the plea, Whitaker will be sentenced to 30 years in prison, suspend all but 25 years, the first 5 years without the possibility of parole, and Green will be sentenced to 5 years.

As for the other trials that were supposed to start yesterday, from the SA's office:
Baltimore, MD – October 30, 2008 – The following five murder trials were scheduled to begin in Baltimore Circuit Court Wednesday.

The murder trial of Bryant Williams was postponed to January 26, 2009. No courts were available.

Court documents allege that on May 2, 2007 in the 2200 block of Barclay Street Derius Harmon, 19, was found fatally shot. Witnesses later identified Williams as the alleged shooter.

The murder trial of Dajuan Marshall was postponed to a date to be determined. No courts were available.

Court documents allege on June 8, 2008, Dajuan Marshall and an unknown male approached Kenneth Jones in the area of Custom House and Water Street. Marshall and the unknown male allegedly forced Jones at gunpoint into the trunk of a waiting four door sedan. The body of Mr. Jones was found on June 9 at 12:15AM in the 4500 block of Bonner Road.

The murder trial of Danny Battle was postponed to January 14, 2009. No courts were available.

Court documents allege Danny Battle was responsible for a shooting incident on January 25, 2008 in the 900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Irvin Lawson was found suffering from gunshot wounds in the unit block. He died later at University of Maryland Shock Trauma.

The murder trial of Michael Wallace was postponed to a date to be determined. No courts were available.

Court documents allege June 12, 2007 in the 2400 block of Ellamont Ave. the victim, Sterling A. Carr, Jr., 28, was found on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper torso. Carr died the same day at Shock Trauma. Witnesses later identified Wallace as the alleged shooter.

The murder trial of Darnell Jeter was postponed to February 2, 2009. No courts were available.

Court documents allege Darnell Jeter was responsible for the death of Theresa Parker on March 25, 2007 in the 1200 block of Treeleaf Court. Parker was found dead in the second floor bedroom of a vacant dwelling at that address.

3 comments:

ppatin said...

I noticed on my sample ballot that I got from the Board of Elections that two Court of Special Appeals judges (Deborah Eyler and Robert Zarnoch) are up for a vote. Does anyone know anything about these two judges, and do they deserve to remain in office?

John Galt said...

The body found shot dead on his porch in Waverly has been identified.

And yes, this is the same area where an anti-drugdealing activist was firebombed out of the neighborhood by a gang last year.

Unknown said...

The Sun article has been corrected and states that Whitaker is likely receiving TWENTY-five years, not FIVE.