The first of six trials scheduled for police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray could wrap up sometime next week, well ahead of the Dec. 17 deadline Baltimore City Circuit Judge Barry Williams told potential jurors. ...

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Days before the start of the first trial of a Baltimore police officer charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, the presiding judge did a little housekeeping. Baltimore City Circuit Judge Barry Williams on Tuesday resolved many of ...

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With less than six weeks until the trial for Officer William Porter is set to begin in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, his lawyers have asked a Baltimore judge to dismiss one charge against the officer and preclude ...

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Statements made by two of the officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray will be admissible at trial after a judge denied motions to suppress Tuesday. Baltimore City Circuit Judge Barry Williams also found prosecutors violated Maryland ...

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Less than two months away from the first of six expected trials, a Baltimore judge is expected to hear arguments on pending pretrial motions Tuesday and Wednesday for the six officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray. ...

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The trials for the six officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray are scheduled to begin in late November and then be staggered through March. The scheduling decision was announced Tuesday during a hearing in Baltimore City ...

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Baltimore police Officer William G. Porter was not present when Freddie Gray was arrested in April but might become the linchpin of the criminal trials of officers charged in connection with Gray’s death.

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With six separate trials now set to be held in Baltimore for the officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, legal observers say the defendants may be beginning to consider trial by judge rather ...

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Attorneys on both sides of the case against six police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray may have heeded Judge Barry G. Williams’ suggestion from last week’s hearings that they attempt to work out issues and ...

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Local defense attorneys said they were not surprised by Wednesday’s rulings on several pretrial motions in the case against the six officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray. But the rulings, they say, do not necessarily foreshadow ...

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